Christmas Recipes
Christmas Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 pound (2 cups) butter
- 1 pound (2 cups) granulated sugar
- 1 pound flour (4 cups all-purpose or 4 1/2 cups cake flour)
- 2 cups white raisins
- 1 pound pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 to 1 cup candied cherries
- 1/2 to 1 cup candied pineapple
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons (2 ounce bottle) lemon extract
- 6 eggs
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar and lemon extract.
- Sift flour once, then measure. Sift twice more, adding baking powder and salt to last sift.
- Add eggs, one at a time, to creamed mixture, alternating with flour, beating well after each addition.
This makes a very stiff batter so will probably have to be beaten by hand.
- Then add nuts, raisins and candied fruits which have been coated with a little of the flour.
- Bake in a large round tube pan which has been lined with brown paper and greased.
- Bake at 300 degrees F for 2 hours, or until done when tested.