Best Pound Cake Recipe

This is one of the best pound cake recipes that give you fabulous results. If you’ve been longing for a slice of this golden brown, sweet but not too rich buttery delight this is the recipe for you!

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks of butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Pound Cake Baking Steps:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine your butter, shortening and sugar and vanilla, and then add your eggs one at a time mixing them in thoroughly.
3. Add you dry ingredients and milk and incorporate completely.
4. Pour the entire mixture into a medium sized rectangular non-stick baking pan lightly coated with baking spray.
5. Bake for an hour and fifteen minutes or until your cake passes the “toothpick test”.