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By foodiva

Ingredients

• For the pound cake
• 1/2 pound butter (or 2 sticks), a little extra for the pan
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, a little extra for the pan
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• For the fruit topping
• 1 cup of strawberries (sliced)
• 1 cup of bananas (sliced)
• 1 cup of blueberries
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of brown sugar
• 1/2 stick of butter
• whip cream (optional) I didn’t use it but it would be good!

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from acowboyswife.com

Preparation

Step 1

iFirst, preheat oven to 350′. CAKE: Cream butter and shortening together. Add sugar, a little at a time. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each one. Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl and add to the previous mixture, alternating it with milk. Mix in vanilla. Pour into greased and floured loaf pans (2 of them) and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick comes out clean.

During the last 10 minutes of baking time, heat a nonstick skillet and add your butter, sugar, cinnamon, brown sugar, and fruit. Saute for about 3-5 minutes.

Take out pound cake, cool, and slice. Pour sauteed fruit mixture over pound cake and devour!

Serve with whip cream if you like.