This was my grandmother's recipe. It was published in a cookbook of desserts that was put out by the Eastern Star in 1968. I was only 6 that year. Six years later, when I was 12, I made my first one and have been baking these ever since. I usually make it lemon, but I do love the butternut as well. When looking for this flavoring, look for "Vanilla, Butter, and Nut" flavoring.

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Name: Butternut Pound Cake (lemon or vanilla)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American-South
Ingredients: 1 cup Shortening; 2 sticks butter (or margarine); 2.5 cups sugar; 8 each eggs Large; 3.5 cups flour (cake flour); .25 teaspoon Cream of Tartar; 1 tablespoon flavoring (Butternut or lemon extract/vanilla extract); 1 stick butter (or margarine); 1 box Confectioners Sugar (10X); Evaporated milk (to consistency); 1 tablespoon flavoring (or extract)

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INGREDIENTS

1 cup Shortening
2 sticks butter ; (or margarine)
2.5 cups sugar
8 each eggs ; Large
3.5 cups flour ; (cake flour)
.25 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
1 tablespoon flavoring ; (Butternut or lemon extract/vanilla extract)
FROSTING
1 stick butter ; (or margarine)
1 box Confectioners Sugar ; (10X)
Evaporated milk ; (to consistency)
1 tablespoon flavoring ; (or extract)

INSTRUCTIONS

CAKE

Cream shortening, butter, and sugar at medium speed for 10 minutes. Add an egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and flavoring. Bake at 325° for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

FROSTING

Blend butter, sugar, and flavoring with enough milk to obtain the consistency you want. Frost completely cooled cake.

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Nutrition

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Serving Size: 1 Cake (4166g)
Recipe Makes: 1 Serving

Calories: 10653
Calories from Fat: 3919 (37%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 435.4g	581 %
	Saturated Fat 176.3g	882 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 161.4g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 49.3g
Cholesterol 8779.5mg		2701 %
Sodium 142999.6mg		4931 %
Potassium 3786.8mg		100 %
Total Carbohydrate 1352.5g		398 %
	Dietary Fiber 16.3g	65 %
	Sugars, other 1336.2g
Protein 331.2g		473 %
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