In article >,
wrote:

> Many of my mother's and grandmother's recipes called for 1# butter, etc.
>
> Anyone have a good recipe for # Cake?

LOL!!!
>
> Carol

I've made this a zillion times. Maybe not a true poundcake but heavy
like one. :-)

* Exported from MasterCook Mac *

Kentucky Butter Cake

Recipe By : Posted to r.f.cooking by Barb Schaller 1-31-05
Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :1:30
Categories : Cakes/Cake Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup unsalted butter -- softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Sift dry ingredients. Cream butter, gradually add sugar, creaming well.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Combine buttermilk
and vanilla. Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk to creamed
mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients, blending after each
addition. Pour into 10² greased and floured tube pan or 12-cup Bundt
pan and bake at 325° for 60-65 minutes. After baking, poke lots of
holes in cake with bamboo skewer and slowly pour hot butter sauce over
top.

To make butter sauce, combine sugar, butter, and water in saucepan.
Heat until butter is melted. Do not boil. Add vanilla. Pour over cake
in pan. Let sit a few minutes then turn out onto serving plate.

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Per serving: 278 Calories; 13g Fat (42% calories from fat); 3g Protein;
38g Carbohydrate; 68mg Cholesterol; 192mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 Starch/Bread; 1 1/2 Fruit; 2 1/2 Fat; 1 1/2 Other
Carbohydrates

NOTES : Believe this was a Pillsbury Bake-Off Prizewinner or finalist
from the late 1960s. Recipe from Clydie North, neighbor across the
street when we moved in.

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added 1-30-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:36:29 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
wrote:
>
>> Anyone have a good recipe for # Cake?

Smart-ass! <G>

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_