Thursday, October 29, 2009

Five Flavor Pound Cake

2 sticks butter
1/4 c shortening
1/4 c sour cream
1/2 t soda
3 c sugar
3 c flour
1/2 t baking powder
1 c buttermilk
1 t each, coconut, rum, lemon and vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a tube cake pan.
In large mixer bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar with electric mixer. Dissolve soda in sour cream and add to creamed mixture. In small mixer bowl, beat eggs until lemon colored. Blend into butter mixture.

Sift together flour and baking powder. Add alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture. Stir in extracts. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to cake plate and glaze while warm.

Glaze
1 c sugar
1/2 c water
6 eggs
1 t each coconut, butter, lemon, rum,
and vanilla extracts

Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar is melted. Pour over hot cake and let cool.

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