Coconut Cream Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup cream of coconut
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 cream butter and shortening.
• 3 gradually add sugar; beating until light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternating with cream of coconut, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 6 stir in lemon rind and vanilla.
• 7 pour batter into greased and floured 10" tube pan.
• 8 bake at 350* for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan for 10-15 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.