Someone wanted a recipe for Pound Cake recently: I can't remember who, but pretty sure it was here. I didn't respond at the time, because Pound Cake is not something I've ever made. But I just ran into one in Guideposts that even has a "spiritual" connection, if not precisely Anglican, attached to the story of a woman who found her birth mother and grandmother (her deceased birth father's mother). The recipe came from her grandmother. I haven't tried it, though I think I will, and am copying here. They're apparently a very brand loyal family--usually when I copy recipes from labels or advertising propaganda, I automatically leave out brand names, but not this time.

Grandmother Snowden's Pound Cake
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According to Grandmother, the most important thing about this recipe is to use top-quality ingredients. I think if even one ingredient is missing from a recipe the recipe won't be whole or complete. Like this recipe, if I didn't have my birth mother and grandmother in my life, I wouldn't be completely whole.

1 pound Land O' Lakes salted butter
4 cups sugar
12 eggs
4 cups Pillsbury all-purpose flour
1-ounce bottle lemon extract

Preheat oven to 350º F. Cream butter and sugar together. Add one egg at a time, mixing well. Add flour gradually. Mix in entire bottle of lemon extract.

Pour mixture into large Bundt pan, greased with Crisco shortening and floured, to about 1 to 2 inches from the top. Bake for one hour or until knife comes out clean. Allow cake to cool thoroughly, then serve.

Note: Do not double recipe

For Follow-up See: Pound Cake - Dottie's & Pound Cake - Ken's