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Great-Grandma Lillian's Pound Cake

Source of Recipe

From "Southern Living Country Music's Greatest Eats"


Recipe Introduction

"This young man's surprisingly seasoned voice earned him fame as the first country music winner on American Idol. Although Scotty McCreery is a great singer, he admits he's not a good cook�but he's got grandmothers and great-grandmothers who were. Scotty comes from a long line of fine cooks, like his great-grandma Lillian, whose specialty was baked sweets. This recipe is at least four generations old, having been handed down on Scotty's mom's side of the family. It's extra good with a dollop of whipped cream and fresh blueberries."

List of Ingredients

◦ 1 cup butter
◦ � cup shortening
◦ 3 cups sugar
◦ 6 large eggs
◦ 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
◦ 3 cups all-purpose flour
◦ 1 teaspoon baking powder
◦ ⅓ teaspoon table salt
◦ 1 cup milk


Recipe

Preheat oven to 350� F. Beat butter, shortening, and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat 1 minute until creamy. Beat in vanilla just until blended.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat 5 minutes.

Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350� for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour and 25 minutes).

Makes 10 to 12 servings






❧ If you prefer pound cake squares, use a 13- x 9-inch baking pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes; cool as directed, and cut into 12 squares.