Grandpas Perfect Pound Cake

[bamamomto4]

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Grandpas Perfect Pound Cake

Bake at 300 for 1 hour, 15 minutes

Beat 1 pound (4 sticks) very soft butter or margarine with 3 cups sugar for
5 minutes at low speed. Add 10 egg yolks and beat 2 minutes at low speed.
Beat 10 egg whites 2 minutes a high speed with same beater. Then beat
creamed mixture 5 minutes longer at low speed. Sift 5-1/2 cups sifted all
purpose flour and 6 teaspoons of baking powder together. Beat 1/3 of flour
into bowl at low speed. Beat in 3/4 cup milk until smooth. Beat in 1/3 of
the flour until blended. Add remaining flour to bowl. Increase speed to
medium and beat for 5 minutes. Crease 1 9" or 1 10" tube pan generously.
Coat evenly with reserved flour, tapping excess into bowl. Add 2 teaspoons
vanilla and 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in slow oven (300) 1 hour - 15 minutes
or until center springs back when pressed with fingertip. Cool in pans on
wire rack 10 minutes, loosen around side and tube of pan with knife and
invert cake onto wire rack to cool complete

[Weedie]

This is consistently good and freezes well. I have been making it since 1973 when it appeared as "Grandpa Powlis' Perfect Pound cake" in Family Circle magazine when they ran a Black lifestyle page. It even had pic of GP. Enjoy.

[rainbowgc]

Wow, sounds yummy, thanks for posting