mama gunn's pound cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening
• 3 cups white sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

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

Ready Time: 2 hrs 45 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as a bundt®).
• mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; sift the flour mixture twice into a separate bowl. cream butter, shortening, and sugar in another large bowl until smooth; stir eggs and milk into creamed mixture until thoroughly combined.
• gradually mix flour into moist ingredients to make a smooth batter; stir lemon and vanilla extracts into batter. continue mixing until no sugar granules are visible. pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until top is springy and cake is set in the center, about 90 minutes. let cake cool in the pan until sides separate from pan; turn out a rack to finish cooling.