Polish Pound Cake Recipe
This is a family favorite at the holidays. It is a very dense, rich cake with a delicious vanilla butternut flavored batter with maraschino cherries and pecans throughout. For the holidays you can usually find maraschino cherries that are dyed green. A small drained jar of these can be added to the cake in addition to the 10 ounce jar of regular red maraschino cherries to give it a festive look. Also, I find that using a silicone bundt pan makes removing the cake much easier. I place the bundt pan on a cookie sheet to make placing it in the oven easier.
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Servings: 1 bundt cake
Calories: 565.3kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup butter
- 5 large eggs
- 2 2/3 cups flour
- 14 ounces evaporated milk
- 2 cups pecans, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons vanilla, butternut flavor
- 10 ounces maraschino cherries, drained
- powdered sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Grease and flour a bundt pan.
- Cream margarine, shortening, sugar and salt.
- Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition.
- Add milk and then flour.
- Fold in vanilla flavoring then fold in cherries and nuts.
- Pour batter into the pan. Start in the middle of a cold oven and bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours at 300 degrees. Do not open door while baking for at least the first 1 1/2 hours.
- Cake is ready when the outside is a dark golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from pan immediately. When cooled, you may dust cake with powdered sugar before serving.
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Nutrition
Serving: 153g | Calories: 565.3kcal | Carbohydrates: 65.6g | Protein: 7.2g | Fat: 31.3g | Saturated Fat: 11.4g | Cholesterol: 95.8mg | Sodium: 187.8mg | Fiber: 2.4g | Sugar: 45.3g