My grandmother, Gladys Payne Gittens, came here from Barbados about 1906. She read this to me over the phone when I was in law school in 1978. Thanks to my friend Elayne, the Soulful Yenta, to whom I gave a copy, I was able to find this on Mother’s Day. It’s a great simple pound cake, good with tea.
Original recipe makes 1 – 9 or 10 inch bundt cake
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 cups butter
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
4 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon almond extract
2 cups milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour one 9 or 10 inch bundt pan.
- By hand with a spatula cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs all at once and beat well.
- Sift the flour and the baking powder together. Add to butter mixture along with 1 cup of the milk. Continue to beat well (the batter will be doughy). Add the remaining 1 cup of milk along with the vanilla, and almond extracts. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 1 hour. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for 15 minutes longer.
Nutrition
Calories: 533 kcal
Carbohydrates: 51.5 g
Cholesterol: 155 mg
Fat: 33.5 g
Fiber: 0.8 g
Protein: 7 g
Sodium: 442 mg