Vanilla Pound Cake

Yields:________
Total Time:________

Ingredients:

• ¹/₄ Teaspoon Salt
• ¹/₂ Cup Crisco
• ¹/₂ Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 Cup Whole Milk @ Room Temperature
• 2 Sticks Margarine (1 Cup Butter) @ Room Temperature
• 2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 3 Cups Granulated Sugar
• 5 Eggs @ Room Temperature

Equipment:

• 10 Inch Round Cake Taker
• Baker's Joy Baking Spray
• Batter Spatula
• Bundt Pan
• Ceramic Dinner Plate
• Large Mixing Bowl
• Long Handle Wooden Spoon
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Oven
• Oven Mitts
• Sifter
• Stand/Hand Mixer
• Stove

Pre-Preparation:

1. Lay out all ingredients/equipment 15 minutes prior to cooking/baking.
2. SIFT Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt together to create a "FBP&S Mixture" (Flour, Baking Powder, & Salt)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350^oF.
2. In a large mixing bowl, with a mixer, mix Margarine or butter, Crisco, & Sugar together until well blended.
3. Add in Vanilla Flavorings.
4. Crack eggs into mixture 1 at a time, until batter is fluffy.
5. Then remove bowl from mixer
6. Using a Wooden Spoon, add "FBP&S Mixture" (³/₄ Cup Each Time), & Milk (¹/₃ Cup Each Time) in this order: "FBP&S Mixture", then Milk, then "FBPS Mixture", then Milk & repeat ending with "FBP&S Mixture" You will have to add the "FBP&S Mixture" 5 times, the Milk 3 times.
7. Generously grease inside of the Bundt© Pan.
8. Pour in cake batter.
9. Place cake on Lower Middle Oven Rack, this is the rack slot about one level above the Baking Element Coil (Bottom Burner). Using a Pot Holder position Rack as necessary.
10. Bake for approx. 60 Minutes.
11. After baking let cake stand on stove for at least 15 Minutes.
12. Then gently dump cake out of pan onto a Cake Plate or other appropriate surface (i.e. Cake plate, or a Large Round Platter and cover.
13. Then pour or frost Vanilla Frosting or Vanilla Glaze over the hot cake.
14. Pour over cake thinly, back and forth.