Aunts Ruth Pound Cake Food

FAVORITE AUNT'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream together butter and oleo. Add 2 eggs, then cream cheese and sugar. Mix in 1 cup flour. Add 2 eggs and mix in 1 cup flour. Mix in last 2 eggs and vanilla. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake in cold start oven 1 1/2 hours at 300 degrees.

"AUNT JOHNNIE'S" POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300ºF.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• Cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer
• (This will take a while).
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in almond extract.
• In another bowl, combine baking powder and flour.
• Stir into creamed mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

MY AUNT'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 325 DEGREES F. GREASE AND FLOUR A 9 1/2 BY 3 3/8 - INCH BUNDT PAN.
• 2. CREAM 3 STICKS OF BUTTER AND SUGAR TOGETHER ON MEDIUM-HIGH SPEED UNTIL LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
• 3. ADD EGGS, ONE AT A TIME, BEATING WELL AFTER EACH ADDITION. ADD THE VANILLA AND LEMON EXTRACT AND MIX WELL.
• 4. IN A MEDIUM BOWL, SIFT TOGETHER FLOUR, SALT, AND BAKING SODA.
• 5. ADD 1/3 OF DRY MIXTURE TO CREAMED MIXTURE AND BEAT ON LOW UNTIL MIXED.MIX IN HALF OF THE SOUR CREAM.
• 6. ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE FLOUR MIXTURE AND SOUR CREAM.
• 7. POUR CAKE MIXTURE INTO A FLOURED BUNDT PAN AND BAKE FOR 1 1/2 HOURS, OR UNTIL A CAKE TESTER COMES OUT CLEAN.
• 8. THEN COOL CAKE IN PAN FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN REMOVE CAKE FROM PAN AND COOL COMPLETELY ON WIRE RACK.