happy birthday america

The 4th of July is almost here!

In case you need to come up with an easy but delicious dessert to take to a picnic, I'm sharing my mom's pound cake recipe.

 

 

Not only is it delicious and easy...

it actually tastes even better after a day or two.

That means you can make it ahead of time!

 

 

Almond Pound Cake

5 eggs

2 ½ cups sugar

1 stick margarine softened

1 cup Crisco

2 teaspoons almond extract

1 cup milk

3 cups flour

¼ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat together the first 5 ingredients in a mixing bowl on medium speed.

Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a separate bowl.

In the mixing bowl, alternate ¼ cup milk to ¼ cup dry mix until all of the ingredients are incorporated and thoroughly mixed.

Pour batter into a well-greased and floured cake pan.

Place the pan on the middle oven rack and bake for one hour.

 

For a variation of this recipe,

including the instructions for an almond glaze,

click HERE

for a post from the summer of 2015 called "something sweet".

 

 

Thank you mom for sharing your recipes with me!

Happy Birthday America...