Butternut Pound Cake Food

VANILLA BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN, must start in COLD oven.
• Cream shortening, butter, sugar and salt.
• Add eggs, one at a time.
• Add flour and milk alternating small amounts of each.
• Fold in flavoring by hand.
• Bake in greased tube pan for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 325*.
• DO NOT open oven door while baking.
• Remove from pan immediately.

GRANDMA'S BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs together.
• Beat on high speed for 5 minutes.
• Then add milk and flour on low speed until mixed well.
• Add butternut flavoring and bake in tube or bundt pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 300 degrees F.
• Frost with Butternut frosting if desired.
• See my recipes for the frosting recipe!
• May be baked in 3 layer pans also.

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix shortening, and sugar together and beat with mixer until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time beating after each.
• Add baking power,and salt, and beat.
• Add flavoring and beat.
• Alternate the flour and milk and beat after each addition.
• Place in a greased bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• Don't over cook. Insert broom straw into center and if it comes out clean, cake is done.
• Should be able to dump onto a plate in 5-10 minutes.
• Serve plain, or with a sprinkle of confectioners sugar.