The Polish Church Pound Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
- 591.47 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml Crisco, and
- 236.59 ml margarine
- 709.77 ml flour
- 141.74 g can evaporated milk, and
- 85.04 g water (enough water to total 1 cup with the milk)
- 5 eggs
- 2.46 ml salt
- 9.85 ml flavoring (of your choice)
- 236.59 ml chopped nuts (not too fine)
- 283.49 g jar maraschino cherries, drained and halved
directions
- Cream Crisco, margarine, sugar and salt.
- Add eggs one at a time and beat.
- Add flour and milk alternately, ending with flour.
- Add flavoring. Add nuts. Add cherries cut in half.
- Bake in greased and floured tube pan or Bundt pan.
- Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes (or longer) at 300 oven.
- START IN COLD OVEN. DO NOT OPEN DOOR WHILE BAKING.
- Remove from pan immediately. Do not ice.
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Reviews
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This is a fantastic cake! There was a bakery in my neighborhood, when I was growing-up, that used to make this as a large cake, and sold it by the slab/slice. I have to make this every year at Christmas for my Polish boyfriend who will devour it. I use butter/nut flavoring in this recipe (Superior Flavors brand,) otherwise, I follow the recipe exactly as written. I like to use green maraschino cherries as well as the red ones, if I can find them. Also, I just break the walnuts - don't chop them. Absolutely no icing is needed. The cake forms a lovely crust.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jezski
United States