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scratch - Banana Pound Cake

Source of Recipe

Miss Betty's Bed and Breakfast Inn and Executive Suites


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List of Ingredients

scratch - Banana Pound Cake

1 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
3 ripe bananas, mashed
3 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 level teaspoon baking powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
Beat shortening and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer
about 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to
7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
Combine mashed bananas, milk, and vanilla. Combine flour, salt, and
baking powder; add to shortening mixture alternately with banana
mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed
just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into tube pan. Bake
for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in
pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan and let
cool completely on wire rack. Makes 1, 10 inch cake.


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