Clara's Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• crisco or butter
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease a 10" tube pan with crisco or butter and, instead of using flour to dust the pan, use powdered sugar to coat the greased pan. set aside.
• 2 cream together butter and crisco.
• 3 add sugar and mix well.
• 4 add eggs one at at time.
• 5 sift dry ingredients.
• 6 add alternately with milk and vanilla.
• 7 pour into prepared 10" tube pan.
• 8 bake at 300 degrees f for one hour.
• 9 turn oven up to 325 degrees f and bake for 15 additional minutes.