Cold Country Pound Cake

This is a good old fashioned recipe that's been around forever.  In order for the pound cake to cook perfectly, it must be placed in a cold oven!

Here's what you'll need...

 

3 C Flour

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 C unsalted butter, softened

1/2 C shortening

2/3 C white sugar

5 eggs

1 C milk

1tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp lemon extract

 

Directions...

1. Do not preheat the oven. Grease 10 inch tube pan and line bottom with wax paper or parchment paper.
2. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, shortening, and sugar on low speed for 10 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition. Alternately add the flour mixture and milk, mixing well. Add the vanilla and lemon extracts.
4. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Set the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)  Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool in the pan for 1 hour. Remove to a cake rack and cool for at least 3 hours.