Cold Oven Pound Cake

          

An old-fashioned pound cake that goes into a cold oven before baking.

Original recipe makes 1 – 10 inch tube pan

Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup milk
3 cups all-purpose flour

  • PREP

    30 mins

  • COOK

    1 hr 30 mins

  • READY IN

    2 hrs

Directions

  1. Do not preheat oven. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour alternately with the milk. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  3. Place cake in cold oven, then set the temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Bake for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition

Calories: 409 kcal
Carbohydrates: 56.3 g
Cholesterol: 41 mg
Fat: 19.1 g
Fiber: 0.6 g
Protein: 4.2 g
Sodium: 151 mg