This is the recipe that my maternal Grandmother, Lorene Hovis Hill used for her pound cake. She called this ‘plain cake’ because it didn’t have frosting. The recipe has been modernized over the years with shortening being substituted for the original lard.

This cake has a more substantial texture and larger crumb than Aunt Ruth’s pound cake, which you’ll find elsewhere on the site, and is ideal for packing in a lunch box- it sure found its way into mine a lot!

• 1/2 pound butter at room temperature
• 1 cup butter flavor Crisco, or other vegetable shortening
• 3 cups Dixie Crystal sugar
• 5 large eggs, added one at a time
• 1 cup sweet milk ( whole milk )
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon slemon extract
• 4 cups Soft as silk flour

DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN! This is what the old folks called a cold oven cake.

Grease and flour a 10″ tube pan. . Cream butter, Crisco, and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time. Pour lemon extract into milk. Sift dry ingredients together into separate bowl. Add 1/3 dry ingredients to sugar and egg mixture .. then follow with 1/2 of the milk. Beat at slowest speed until flour just is mixed .Add second third of dry ingredients and the rest of the milk and beat until the flour is just mixed.Scrape the bowl and add the rest of the flour. Mix until just blended and pour into pan.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a cake tester or broom straw comes out clean. Don’t open the door for the first hour or the cake will fall. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes and remove from the pan. Allow to cool for 1/2 hour before serving.

Add your rating: (9 votes, average: 2.44 out of 5)

 Loading ...

If you like this recipe, I think you’ll really enjoy this cookbook:

Southern Cakes: Sweet and Irresistible Recipes for Everyday Celebrations
Author: Nancie McDermott
Published by: Chronicle Books; Number of Pages: 168
Price: USD 17.95
Average Rating: 4.5 based on 17 reviews.

37 used available at USD 11.58