Great Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 cream together crisco, butter and sugar.
• 2 add eggs, beating well after each addition.
• 3 sift flour and baking powder in separate bowl.
• 4 add dry ingredients and milk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• 5 add rum and coconut extracts.
• 6 pour into a large greased and floured bundt pan and place pan on a cookie sheet.
• 7 bake at 300° for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. test with toothpick for doneness.
• 8 right before cake should be done, bring water and sugar to rolling boil.
• 9 remove from heat and add almond extract.
• 10 while cake is still in pan, pour the glaze over cake and let stand about 30 minutes before removing from pan.