Make Two Of These – Trust Me
My grandmother was never a drama queen, nor was she ever craving for attention. However, she still got it wherever she went! It wasn’t her looks (although to me she was the most beautiful Nana in the world) and her outfits were pretty “normal”, too, if you can say that. But she was full of this positive energy for life, humor, laughter, sparkling eyes and endless songs – everyone loved her and remembered her, even if they had only met her once.

Or maybe it was her cooking and baking skills, after all! She always arranged our family get-togethers, making 3-course meals (plus, the cake to go with coffee afterwards). My goodness, we ate until we could barely walk anymore!
She made the kind of cakes that would cure a broken heart, headache and a bad hair day. Most of the recipes she knew by heart and never wrote them down, but some have been in our family for decades. I love recipes like that. They make me feel like I’m still connected to my grandmother, even though she is no longer with us.

This pound cake very much reminds me of my grandmothers “Everyday Cake”, as she used to call it. She thought there was nothing too special about it and she wouldn’t serve it for any fancy occasion.
I totally disagreed, of course. I love a good old-fashioned pound cake – it can be served any time! Add some frosting or sugar glaze and it’s definitely good for a special occasion. If I could only keep one cake recipe, I would have to choose this one. Yummy!

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour
• 2 cups Domino sugar
• 2 sticks Land O’ Lakes butter; plus 1 tbsp
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• pinch salt
• 6 Eggland’s eggs

Instructions:

Sift flour. Mix sugar and butter. Beat until creamy. Add 2 or 3 spoons flour and 1 egg. Beat well, and continue adding 2 or 3 spoons flour and 1 egg until all have been added. Then add vanilla, salt and lemon. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/4 hours or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Optional – Ice with Chocolate Icing.

Chocolate Icing

1 box confectioners sugar sifted. Add 1 1/2 sticks softened butter and a pinch of salt. Then add 3/4 cups cocoa, 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1/2 cup milk. Mix gradually to right consistency. Add one cup of nuts. Spread evenly over cake.