Simple Pound Cake

There's almost nothing I like better than a pound cake unless it's a SIMPLE pound cake recipe. And this one fits the bill. I think pound cake is so versatile. You can eat it plain....with berries...use it in a trifle (Yum!)...toast it and drizzle a sauce over it....have you ever toasted pound cake? Oh. my. There are just so many ways to eat pound cake! This is one of my favorite recipes. It's "fairly simple"..... ;-)

Simple Pound Cake



1 cup butter
½ cup shortening – I used butter-flavored
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 12-cup bundt pan.

Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 3 cups of sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition just until the yellow disappears.

Stir together the flour and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until just blended after each addition. Beat in vanilla just until blended. Pour batter into greased and floured pan.

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a long wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 – 15 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Transfer to serving platter and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

10 – 12 servings