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Holiday Pound Cake Recipe

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We top off our Thanksgiving feast with this mellow, tender cake dressed up with a strawberry topping. Pound cake is a southern tradition, and I'm proud to say I've baked hundreds of them in 83 years. It's a pleasure to share my recipe. -Ruby Williams, Bogalusa, Louisiana

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12-16 Servings
Prep: 15 min. Bake: 80 min. + cooling

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2-1/2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Strawberry ice cream topping
Sliced fresh strawberries, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening, cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with strawberry topping and fresh strawberries if desired. Yield: 12-16 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 piece) equals 419 calories, 21 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 104 mg cholesterol, 267 mg sodium, 52 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 5 g protein.

Holiday Pound Cake published in Taste of Home October/November 2000, p31

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