Pound cakes that will make you salivate

Today we are going to salivate over the simplest and truly southern of all desserts, Pound Cake. Serve it plain, with fruit and cream, ice cream, or buttered and toasted. I hope that all your requests will be a success…Agnes

Family Pound Cake

This cake will require a very large pan.

1 pound butter (soften to room temperature)

3 ¼ cups sugar

4 cups plain flour (Sifted before measuring)

10 -12 eggs separated (Number depends on the size of egg)

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons flavoring (I prefer lemon or vanilla)

Grease and flour a large pound cake (long loaf) pan, wedding cake or angel food pan. Beat whites until stiff and set aside. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in the flavoring and alternately add flour with milk and egg yolks. Fold in beaten egg whites. Put cake in prepared pan and bake at 275 degrees for 1 ½ to 2 hours. (This is a very old family recipe)

Powdered Sugar Pound Cake

1 Pound butter, softened

1 Pound box of 10X sugar (sifted)

1 Sugar box of plain flour (sifted)

8 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

Cream butter till light. Beat in sugar until very fluffy. Beat in eggs one at the time, beating well after each addition. Beat in flour and flavorings. Make sure that batter is mixed well. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or till test done. Remove to a rack to cool.

Patricia W. Murdock’s Whipping Cream Pound Cake

½ pound (1 cup) butter, softened

3 cups sugar

6 eggs, room temperature

3 cups sifted flour

½ pint whipping cream

1 teaspoon each vanilla and almond extract

Cream butter and sugar until well mixed. Beat in eggs, one at the time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in the remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Put in a cold oven that is set at 300 degrees. Cook for 1 hour, carefully turn cake around and bake for 20 minutes more. Cool on a rack.

Crisco Chocolate Pound Cake

Grease and flour tube pan and Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Sift and set aside:

3 cups plain flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

3 heaping T cocoa

Mix and set aside:

1 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla

Have at room temperature and put in the mixing bowl and set aside:

1 cup plain Crisco and 1 stick butter

Measure and set aside: 3 cups sugar and 5 eggs at room temperature

Cream the Crisco and butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at the time. Beat in the flour mixture and the milk mixture alternately, beating until well mixed. Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 1 ½ hours. Cool completed and spread with the following frosting;

Chocolate Frosting

1 stick soft butter

1 box 10x sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 squares chocolate, melted

Evaporated milk, if needed

Cream butter, sugar, vanilla, and chocolate. If stiff, add a few drops of evaporated milk. Spread on cake. If desired, sprinkle chopped nuts on top.

Recipe for Laughter:

You Know You Are in Georgia in July When…

~ The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.

~ The trees are whistling for the dogs.

~ The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance

~ Hot water comes out of both taps.

~ You can make sun tea instantly.

~ You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.

~ The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little chilly.

~ You discover that in July it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.

~ You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window

~ You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

~ You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.

~ Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, “What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?”

~ You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.

~ The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.

~ Farmers are feeding their chicken crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs

~ The cows are giving evaporated milk

If you are not a resident or Georgia or have never lived in the hot, humid South, you may not understand…Ah, but what a place to call home. God Bless Our State. Take care and I’ll be seeing you around…Agnes