Cakes
Almond Pound Cake Serves 12 1 cup butter at room temperature ½ cup Crisco at room temperature 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 1½ teaspoons almond extract ½ teaspoon pure vanilla 3½ cups sifted cake flour ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 cup milk
Cream butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flavorings. Mix flour and baking powder, then add alternately with milk into mixture; beginning and ending with flour. Bake in greased and floured tube pan for 1½ hours at 350 degrees. Amy Poole Creasy
Ann Pierce’s Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Cake Serves 12 1 yellow cake mix with pudding in the mix 1 large box chocolate instant pudding 1 large box vanilla instant pudding 4 eggs 1½ cups water ½ cup oil 12 ounces chocolate chips 1 cup chopped pecans
In mixer, combine first 6 ingredients.The batter will be lumpy. Blend in chocolate chips and pecans. Bake in a greased and floured tube or bundt pan at 350 degrees for 1 to 1¼ hours. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes and turn out onto plate. When cool, dust with powdered sugar; serve with whipped cream, Cool Whip, or ice cream. Patricia Marks 324