Mothers Miracle Pound Cake Recipes

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.

GRANDMOTHER'S BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour and baking soda.
• Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and almond extract. (Total beating time: 10 minutes.).
• Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Pour batter into well greased 9 inch tube pan.
• Bake in 350°F oven about 1 hour and 25 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool on rack.
• Spoon Almond Glaze over top of cake. Let some of glaze drip down sides. Makes 12 servings.
• FOR THE ALMOND GLAZE: Combine 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar, 2 to 3 Tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoons almond extract. Stir until smooth.
• Country Fair Cookbook.

GRANDMOTHER'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven at 300 degrees.
• Butter and flour 1 large or 2 small loaf pans.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• When creamy fold in the flour and salt.
• Spoon in pan/pans.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

MOM'S FAMOUS POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well.
• Add baking powder,vanilla and lemon flavorings; mix well.
• Add 1/3 of the flour and 1/3 of the milk; stir well.
• Repeat until all the milk and flour are added and well combined.
• Bake in prepared (greased/floured) tube pan at 350 degrees for 75 to 90 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean when inserted in center of cake.

MIRACLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• First with mixer cream until fluffy butter, Crisco, sugar, eggs.
• Now with wooden spoon add flour and milk to mixture mixing a little at a time alternating until mixture is smooth add vanilla.
• Lightly spray a tube pan or an angel food cake pan.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Shake pan to smooth batter even.
• Place in a cold oven.
• Set temperature at 300°F degrees.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• Insert toothpick--when inserted comes out dry cake is done check at 1 1/2 hours.

MOM'S VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Combine sugar, butter, and shortening in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat until light yellow in color. Add eggs one at a time, mixing in each completely before adding the next. Mix in 1/3 of the flour, then 1/2 of the milk and water. Repeat with remaining flour, milk, and water, mixing completely between each addition. Add vanilla extract. Mix for 1 minute more.
• Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack.

MOTHER'S MIRACLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream margarine and Crisco together. Add sugar & cream together. Add eggs one at a time, then add milk, flour and flavoring.
• Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
• Set oven to 325 degrees. Do NOT preheat oven. Bake approximately 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. This is a "crusty" yet very moist cake. Enjoy!