Easy Paula Deen Pound Cake

Easy Paula Deen Pound Cake

from justisafourletterword.com
100 min

This delicious pound cake recipe is the perfect southern cake for summer! Make it for an everyday treat or dessert to share.

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter (plus more for pan)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (I use Crisco)
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for pan)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup milk (plus 3 Tbsp for glaze)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (plus more for glaze)
  • 1.5 cup confectioner's sugar for glaze

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F

  2. 2

    Cream butter and shortening together in a mixing bowl or with a hand-held mixer.

  3. 3

    Slowly add sugar as you mix

  4. 4

    Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.

  5. 5

    Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl

  6. 6

    Add dry ingredients and milk a little bit at a time, alternating with milk. Be sure to start and end with the flour.

  7. 7

    Finally, mix in vanilla.

  8. 8

    Pour into a greased and floured tube or bundt pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

  9. 9

    For the glaze, mix together confectioner's sugar, 3 Tbsp milk, and 2 tsp vanilla and pour over cooled cake. (see notes)