Banana Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 large bananas, overripe & mashed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 cream together shortening, butter, and sugar.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 combine flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• 5 add milk and vanilla.
• 6 fold in bananas.
• 7 pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 hour and 10-20 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 8 yield: 20 servings.
• 9 **note**.
• 10 to prevent overbrowning of the top, i lay a piece of aluminum foil over the cake after it turned golden brown. don't tighten it around cake; just lay it loosely over.