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Buttercup Pound Cake – Vintage 55 Favorite Cake Recipes

Here is page 31 from the vintage cookbook “Kate Smith chooses her 55 Favorite Ann Pillsbury CAKE RECIPES”. This was published in 1952 by Pillsbury Mills, Inc. Kate Smith was a popular singer and radio personality with a career that began in the 1930s.

You can view all the pages in this cookbook by visiting this category: 55 Favorite Cake Recipes: Kate Smith [1], just click a page title to view that section. There is a scan of the page included below, you can click the image to view a larger copy.

Buttercup Pound Cake
Quick-Mix Method

Extra egg yolks in the refrigerator? Try this old-fashioned pound cake made the modern “Quick-Mix” way. It’s rich . . . so thin slices are in order.

BAKE at 350° F. for 40 to 50 minutes. MAKES 9-inch tube cake.
All ingredients should be at room temperature.

Sift together . . . 2 cups sifted Pillsbury Sno Sheen Cake Flour
2 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar

Add . . . 1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk

Beat . . . for 2 minutes, 300 strokes, until batter is well blended. (With electric mixer blend at low speed, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.)

Add . . . 5 egg yolks (1/3 cup)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract

Beat . . . for 2 minutes.

Pour . . . into 9-inch tube pan (generously grease and lightly flour bottom only).

Bake . . . in moderate oven (350° F.) 40 to 50 minutes. Cool. Serve plain or frosted with lemon butter frosting, page 46.