This rich, lemon and almond
fragrant pound cake is incredibly tender thanks to its secret
ingredient: lemon-lime soda pop!
Pound
Cake
- 3/4 pound butter
3 cups granulated sugar
5 large eggs
2 teaspoons lemon extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup lemon/lime carbonated beverage
- Preheat oven to 325°F
(160°C).
- Cream together butter
and sugar. Add eggs one at a time then stir in lemon extract
and almond extract. Add flour and salt alternately with lemon/lime
soda; beginning with flour and ending with flour.
- Pour into a greased and
floured tube pan and bake for 1 1/4 hours.
Makes 12 servings.
