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17 Oct, 2008

Connie Carr's Pound Cake

Posted by: Terra In: Dessert

1/2 lb. butter – at room temp
1/2 cup shortening – at room temp
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups + 5tbls. flour
1 cup milk
2 tsp.  vanilla extract
1 tsp. orange extract
1/2 tsp. baking powder

**DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN

Sift flour

Cream butter, shortnening & sugar; add eggs one at a time; beat well after each addition

Add flour & milk alternately. Add flavoring & baking powder – beat well

Butter tube cake pan with crisco; dust with flour

Bake for 1 hour 35 minutes at 300 degrees.

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  • Carrie: I LOVE LOVE this. I love crock pot most things, but I had to throw a bunch of my recipes out after going dairy free... not this one. I LURVE it. I
  • Terra: I don't think I did, but I usually just use a mixture of powdered sugar and milk (about 3/4C powdered sugar and 1-2T milk). And, I don't even remembe
  • Emily Lourcey: Did you post the recipe for the royal icing you used with these?

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