Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups margarine or 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour bundt pan.
• 3 beat 2 3/4 cups sugar, margarine, eggs & vanilla in large bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly for 30 seconds.
• 4 beat on high speed scraping bowl occasionally for 5 minutes.
• 5 beat in flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk on low speed.
• 6 pour into pan.
• 7 bake 65 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• 8 cool 20 minutes before removing cake from pan.
• 9 for glaze: combine 1/4 cup sugar and lemon juice. spoon over warm cake.
• 10 *do not use self-rising flour in this recipe*
• 11 note: i always use half-and-half in place of evaporated milk.