Old Aiken Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup shortening (crisco)
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole milk

Recipe

• 1 spray heavy-duty bundt or tube pan with baker's secret or grease and flour it.
• 2 in a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, mace, and salt, and set aside.
• 3 add vanilla to milk, and set aside.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 to shortening/butter mixture, alternately add 1/3 flour mixture and 1/3 milk mixture, mixing between additions.
• 7 repeat until all flour and milk are incorporated into batter.
• 8 pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• 9 place cake in cold oven.
• 10 turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.
• 11 do not open oven door while cake is baking.
• 12 after the 70 minutes cooking time, test cake for doneness, as oven temperatures vary.
• 13 cake should be golden brown on top, and a toothpick inserted in center of cake should come out clean.
• 14 after cake is partially cooled, remove from pan.
• 15 variation: substitute rum or brandy flavoring for the vanilla.
• 16 if desired, make a glaze of powdered sugar and water or lemon juice and pour over cooled cake.