Miracle Pound Cake

The best ever pound cake. I have baked it for 11 years. A great holiday desert--or any time. Serve hot or cold.. Serve with fresh strawberries or lemon pudding. A great cake to decorate. Family favorite--make it at least once a week.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1 -2  cup butter (salted or unsalted)
• 1⁄2 cup  Crisco
• 3  cups sugar
• 4  eggs (large or medium or small)
• 3  cups Soft Silk flour or 3  cups Swans Down cake flour
• 1  cup milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla flavoring (or of your choice)

Directions

1. First with mixer cream until fluffy butter, Crisco, sugar, eggs.
2. Now with wooden spoon add flour and milk to mixture mixing a little at a time alternating until mixture is smooth add vanilla.
3. Lightly spray a tube pan or an angel food cake pan.
4. Pour batter into pan.
5. Shake pan to smooth batter even.
6. Place in a cold oven.
7. Set temperature at 300°F degrees.
8. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
9. Insert toothpick--when inserted comes out dry cake is done check at 1 1/2 hours.