Must Keep Daddy with Sweets

If you know anything at all about my father, you know he loves his sweets. Mother always had something in the cake plate or in the refrigerator for nibbling. So, when I arrived last Friday evening, this is what I found.

So, one of my tasks was set for Saturday.

I knew that I did not want to tackle the 16# Butternut Pound cake but a standard 10″ pound cake would be just fine. I found the following recipe in Mother’s recipe box. Thank you Mother for keeping a very full recipe box. Her collection is extensive!

Classic Pound Cake (Southern Living)

4 cups plain flour
2 cups sugar
2 cups soft butter
3/4 cup milk
6 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

In this order put in flour, sugar, butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beat on low 1 minute – stop mixer and scrape the sides. Beat at medium for 2 minutes. Bake 325 for 1 hour and 30 minutes in a greased and floured tube pan. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Then finish the cooling process on a wire rack.

I began with the flour and had Mother’s mixer set to low while I added all the ingredients. Only after all the ingredients were added did I begin the 1 minute timer. I followed all the other directions as written.
Oh, I always prepare my pan prior to starting the mixing and I allow my eggs to warm while the butter warms.

Now the cake mixture is in the pan.

Here is the cake after it came out of the oven.

I could not locate Mother’s wire racks. I know she has them but where did she store them? I did not locate them so I improvised! I used an egg rack that has legs! I padded the rack with two dish towels, double thickness.

The cake smelled so good that I could not wait for the cooling to finish and immediately cut the cake so that Daddy and I would not have to wait.

Good eating! Daddy said the only thing wrong with it was that he did not have any peaches thawed to put over it. I suggested ice cream, but we ate it hot and plain! Cooking and caring for my beloved father surely fits into my style of country living.