Old Fashioned Pound Cake II

This classic pound cake, flavored with vanilla and lemon extracts, has no leavening powder-just the air you beat into it!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr
• Calories: 454 Calories

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 ½ cups shortening
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.

Step 3

In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla and lemon extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.