Does anyone have any blue ribbon recipes for pound cake?

2 sticks butter


1/2 c. shortening


3 c. sugar


5 eggs


1 c. sour cream


1/2 tsp. baking powder


3 c. cake flour OR plain flour


1/2 c. milk


1 tbsp. vanilla flavoring


1 tbsp. black walnut flavoring


1 c. black walnuts, chopped





Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar and cream together. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each. Add sour cream and mix together. Add baking powder to flour, alternate flour mixture with the milk. Add flavorings and mix well. Mix in chopped black walnuts by hand. Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour, turn down oven to 300 degrees for 30 minutes more.


Frosting: Black Walnut Frosting.








BLACK WALNUT FROSTING:





1/2 stick butter


4 oz. cream cheese


1 tbsp. black walnut flavoring


1 box powdered sugar


1/2 c. black walnuts, chopped


Milk, if needed





Cream butter and cream cheese. Add flavoring and powdered sugar. Mix nuts in by hand. Mix well. Put on cooled cakeDoes anyone have any blue ribbon recipes for pound cake?
PERFECT POUND CAKE





1 lb. butter


3 c. sugar


10 eggs, separated


5 1/2 c. all purpose flour


6 tsp. baking powder


2 tsp. vanilla extract


1 tsp. grated lemon rind





Beat 1 pound (4 sticks) very soft butter with 3 cups of sugar for 5 minutes at low speed. Add 10 egg yolks and beat 2 minutes at low speed. Beat 10 egg whites at high speed with same beater. Then beat creamed mixture 5 minutes longer at low speed. Sift 5 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour and 6 teaspoons baking powder together. Beat 1/3 flour into bowl at low speed. Beat in 3/4 cup milk until smooth. Beat in 1/3 of flour until blended. Add egg whites and beat until smooth. Reserve 1/4 flour. Add remaining flour to bowl. Increase speed to medium and beat for 5 minutes.


Grease 1 (9';) and 1 (10';) tube pan generously. Coat evenly with reserved flour, tapping excess into bowl. Add 2 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter in prepared pans. Bake in slow oven, 300 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until center springs back when lightly pressed with fingertips. Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen around sides and tube of pan with a knife and insert cake onto wire rack to cool completelyDoes anyone have any blue ribbon recipes for pound cake?
I was going to send you the recipe for Paula Deen's Almond Sour Cream Pound Cake because I've made it and it's so good. But when I went to Foodnetwork.com to get the recipe, there were so many wonderful derivations of pound cake, I thought I would just send you the link and let you choose for yourself!





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5 tabsp cornstarch, 2 1/2cups flour,3 1/2tesp baking powd,1 tesp salt,1/12 cup white sugar,2/3cup veg oil,1/2cup milk,3/4cup water,1teasp vanilla extract,4 egg white,1/4 tesp cream of tartar, 6 tablsp butter,2 te sp orange zest, 1/4 teasp salt,1/2 cup fresh orange juice, 1tab sp fresh lemon juice