Best 4 Old Aiken Pound Cake Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place butter in the bowl of a heavy-duty electric stand mixer, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 6 minutes). Gradually add sugar, beating until blended. Beat1 more minute. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 2 ingredients. Combine evaporated milk and cream; add to butter mixture alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a greased (with shortening) and floured 10-inch (16-cup) tube pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 1 hour; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).

OLD AIKEN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Spray heavy-duty bundt or tube pan with Baker's Secret or grease and flour it.
• In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, mace, and salt, and set aside.
• Add vanilla to milk, and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• To shortening/butter mixture, alternately add 1/3 flour mixture and 1/3 milk mixture, mixing between additions.
• Repeat until all flour and milk are incorporated into batter.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• Place cake in COLD oven.
• Turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Do NOT open oven door while cake is baking.
• After the 70 minutes cooking time, test cake for doneness, as oven temperatures vary.
• Cake should be golden brown on top, and a toothpick inserted in center of cake should come out clean.
• After cake is partially cooled, remove from pan.
• VARIATION: Substitute rum or brandy flavoring for the vanilla.
• If desired, make a glaze of powdered sugar and water or lemon juice and pour over cooled cake.

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla and lemon extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven 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.

ORIGINAL POUND CAKE FROM 1700'S ENGLAND

Steps:

• Preheat oven 325 degrees.
• In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
• Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.
• Gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.
• Add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.
• Pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.
• Bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; Til toothpick in center comes out clean.