Five Flavor Pound Cake Recipe

5      Reviews by:    Lucy Ackerman   Five Flavor Pound Cake Recipe creates a cake which explodes with flavor using butter, shortening, sugar, eggs, flour, milk and coconut, lemon, rum and butter flavored extracts and ices with Five Flavor Glaze of sugar, water and extracts. Food Category:    Cakes and Tortes Cuisine Origin:    Midwestern    Servings:10 Calories per Serving:698 Print Preview Rate This Recipe Prep Time:   25 Minutes Cook Time:   1 Hour 55 Minutes Total Time:   2 Hours 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 cups white sugar
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon rum flavored extract
• 1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• For Five Flavor Glaze:
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1/2 teaspoon rum flavored extract
• 1/2 teaspoon butter flavored extract
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a 10 inch tube pan. In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Set aside. In a measuring cup, combine the milk and 1 teaspoon each coconut, lemon, rum, butter and vanilla extracts; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and 3 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat until smooth. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours, or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn cake out of pan onto wire rack. Place waxed paper under rack to catch glaze drippings. Slowly spoon Five Flavor Glaze onto top of hot cake. Cool completely.
• To make the Five Flavor Glaze: In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, water and 1/2 teaspoon each coconut, lemon, rum, butter and vanilla extracts. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

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