Vanilla Pound Cake

Equipment:

  • 1 Wooden Spoon
  • 1 Mixer
  • 1 Bundt© Pan
  • 1 Large Mixing Bowl
  • Oven
  • PAM Cooking Spray

Ingredients:

  • 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • ¼ Teaspoon Salt
  • 3 Cups Sugar
  • ½ Cup Crisco
  • Cooking Spray
  • ½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 5 Eggs @ Room Temperature
  • 2 Sticks Margarine or 1 Cup Butter @ Room Temperature
  • 1 Cup Milk @ Room Temperature
  • 2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Pre-Preparation:

  1. Lay out all ingredients/equiptment15 minutes prior to cooking/baking.
  2. SIFT Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt together to create a "FBP&S Mixture" "Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt)

Directions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, with a mixer, mix Margarine or butter, Crisco, & Sugar together until well blended.
  2. Add in Vanilla Flavorings.
  3. Crack eggs into mixture 1 at a time, until batter is fluffy.
  4. Then remove bowl from mixer
  5. Using a Wooden Spoon, add “FBP&S Mixture”(3/4 Cup Each Time), & Milk (1/3 Cup Each Time) in this order: “FBP&S Mixture”, then Milk, then “FBPS Mixture”, then Milk & repeat ending with “FBP&S Mixture” You will have to add the “FBP&S Mixture” 5 times, the Milk 3 times.
  6. Generously grease inside of the Bundt© Pan, lightly “dust” the inside bottom of the pan with your choice of the above mentioned “Optional Ingredients” Preferably, for a “clean cake look” use Granulated Sugar.
  7. Pour in cake batter.
  8. Place cake on Lower Middle Oven Rack, this is the rack slot about one level above the Baking Element Coil (Bottom Burner). Using a Pot Holder position Rack as necessary.
  9. Bake for approx. 60 Minutes at 3500F. *Please Note* Ovens vary, so check cake approx. 5 Minutes before previously suggested.
  10. After baking let cake stand on stove for at least 15 Minutes.
  11. Then gently dump cake out of pan onto a Cake Plate or other appropriate surface (i.e. Cake plate, or a Large Round Platter and cover.
  12. Then pour Vanilla Glaze over cake. Pour over cake thinly, back and forth
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