Kitchen

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Debbie, a co-worker gave me a piece of this cake, I had to have the recipe.

Crusty Pound Cake

Ingredients>

• 1 stick butter, room temp. 1 c Crisco, 3 c white sugar, 5 large eggs, room temp. 3 c all purpose flour, pinch of salt, 1/4 t baking powder, 2 t vanilla, 1 c whole milk

Instructions >

Preheat oven to 325* Combine butter, Crisco, and sugar. Mix until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift dry ingredients 3 times. Add to mixture alternately with milk beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake on the lower rack of the oven for 1 1/2 hours.