Mix Crisco and sugar until well blended. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and mix well. Bake in a large tube pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until firm and golden brown.
Variation: For chocolate pound cake, add 6 tablespoons cocoa sifted in with dry ingredients to batter.
The crispy butter pound cake recipe is ready to serve....! Enjoy it !
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2. In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
4. In a small bowl, combine milk, rum and vanilla.
5. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
7. Bake 30-40 minutes (1 hour and 10-15 minutes if in tube pan) or until toothpick inserted into center comes clean.
8. Pierce top of cakes 10-15 times with a thin skewer. Pour Rum Glaze over hot cake.
9. Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, invert onto wire rack and let cool completely. Serve cake pecan side up.
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Rum Glaze:
11. In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
The butter pound cake recipe is ready...enjoy the cake ! Nice one !
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
2. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time and mix well.
3. Introduce the flour, one cup at a time while adding cream a little at a time until all flour and cream is mixed in well.
4. Add the vanilla and lemon flavoring and blend well. Pour batter into prepared pan.
5. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1-1/2 hours
or until center springs back from small amount of pressure. Immediately turn out on cake rack to cool. The butter pound cake recipe is ready to serve....enjoy the cake !
