Old-Fashioned Pound Cake

By HeatherS

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1/2 cup low-fat milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 6 eggs

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 85mins

Preparation

Step 1

Combine dry ingredients in mixer bowl. Add butter, milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Stir Speed and mix about 1 minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed 6 and beat about 2 minutes. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed 2 and add eggs, one at a time, mixing about 15 seconds after each addition. Turn to Speed 4 and beat about 30 seconds.

Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Remove cake from pan.

Yield: 16 servings.

Per serving: About 419 cal, 5 g pro, 44 g carb, 25 g fat, 143 mg chol, 378 mg sod.