Gram's Watermelon Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks)
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 cup raisins
• red food coloring
• green food coloring

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven at 325°f.
• 2 whip egg whites.
• 3 cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together.
• 4 sift flour, salt and baking powder together.
• 5 fold into creamed mixture, alternating with.
• 6 the milk.
• 7 add vanilla and almond extracts.
• 8 fold in egg whites.
• 9 separate 1/3 of dough and add green food coloring.
• 10 add red food coloring and raisins to remaining dough.
• 11 grease and flour a large round tube pan, then insert vertically a waxed paper circle "fence" 2 inches from the edge of the pan.
• 12 pour green dough outside fence and raisin/red dough inside fence.
• 13 remove "fence" carefully and place pan into oven on middle rack.
• 14 bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• 15 note: for halloween, christmas, 4th of july -- endless. divide cake batter, add coloring and fence as desired. raisins represent watermelon seeds, so omit.