Granny Helens Pound Cake Recipes

GRANDMOTHER'S POUND CAKE II

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This recipe is over 100 years old and is the original kind of pound cake: it contains 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour and contains no salt, baking powder or flavoring (but flavoring such as vanilla extract or almond extract can be added if desired!)

Provided by WHOLEGRAINWOMAN

Categories Desserts Cakes Pound Cake Recipes

Time 1h40m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 cups butter
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
⅔ cup milk

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 8x4 inch loaf pans, then line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. After removing them from the oven, immediately loosen cake edges with a knife. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans. Strip off the parchment paper and cool completely on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.6 calories, Carbohydrate 33.1 g, Cholesterol 70.2 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 3.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.2 g, Sodium 103.7 mg, Sugar 20.4 g

GRANNY'S POUND CAKE

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This is my Granny's pound cake. One year my dad took one to work with him. All of the men he worked with were asking him if they could buy a cake from Granny. She sold those cakes for $20 each and had to tell my dad she wasn't making any more before they left her alone. That's how she got her Christmas money that year, and it was a very good Christmas. She passed away about 2 years ago, and I thought this recipe was lost. Fortunately my Grandma had it and now I have it. Here it is.

Provided by Stephanie

Categories Dessert

Time 2h15m

Yield 1 cake, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
1 cup condensed milk
3 cups all-purpose flour or 3 cups cake flour
6 large eggs, at room temperature

Steps:

DO NOT PREHEAT THE OVEN.
Mix butter and shortening until lightly mixed.
Mix sugar in one cup at a time.
Mix eggs in one at a time.
Mix milk and flour in alternately.
Grease bunt pan and pour in batter.
Put your batter in a COLD oven.
Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or till toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from oven and then from pan.
"Sweat" the cake, by wrapping it in wax paper and tinfoil, until it cools. This will make it moist. It won't be anywhere near as good if you don't do this.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 7637.4, Fat 344.1, SaturatedFat 83.8, Cholesterol 1373, Sodium 2943.5, Carbohydrate 1056.8, Fiber 10.1, Sugar 769.2, Protein 102.7

GRANNY CAKE I

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This cake recipe is easy to make, using pineapple for a fruity cake and also makes a glaze that helps deliver a cake that is very moist.

Provided by Kitty

Categories Sheet Cake

Time 55m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup butter
½ cup white sugar
½ cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Mix the eggs, undrained crushed pineapple, flour, 1 cup of the white sugar, baking soda, salt, and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla together and stir until just combined. Pour batter into one ungreased 9x13 inch baking pan.
Combine the light brown sugar and the chopped nuts. Sprinkle over the top of the cake batter. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove cake from oven and pour topping over hot cake.
To Make Topping: In a small saucepan combine the butter or margarine, the evaporated milk, the remaining 1/2 cup of the white sugar, and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla. Cook over medium low heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Mixture will be thin. Pour over hot cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.6 calories, Carbohydrate 29.5 g, Cholesterol 27.2 mg, Fat 6.4 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 189.8 mg, Sugar 21 g