Mama Gunns Pound Cake Recipes

MAMA GUNN'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt®).
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; sift the flour mixture twice into a separate bowl. Cream butter, shortening, and sugar in another large bowl until smooth; stir eggs and milk into creamed mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Gradually mix flour into moist ingredients to make a smooth batter; stir lemon and vanilla extracts into batter. Continue mixing until no sugar granules are visible. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is springy and cake is set in the center, about 90 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan until sides separate from pan; turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.

PAULA DEEN'S MAMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease & flour a 10" tube pan or bundt pan.
• Sift dry Ingredients.
• Cream butter & shortening together.
• Add sugar a little at a time.
• Cream until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition to fully incorporate the eggs into the batter.
• Add dry ingredients and milk to mixture alternating; starting and ending with flour.
• Mix in vanilla.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until it passes the toothpick test.