Spiced Up Apple Cider Pound Cake

Recipe Ingredients

		Cake
16 tablespoons	240ml	Butter or margarine
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Shortening
3 cups	594g / 20oz	Sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Cloves
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
6 teaspoons	30ml	Eggs (large)
3 cups	187g / 6.6oz	Flour - unsifted
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Allspice
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Nutmeg
1 cup	237ml	Apple cider
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Cinnamon
		Caramel Glaze
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Soda
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Margarine
1/4 cup	59ml	Buttermilk
1/2 tablespoon	7.5ml	Corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Vanilla

Recipe Instructions

Soften margarine and shortening. Add sugar gradually, beating for 1- minutes.

Add egg one at a time, beating 1 1/2 minutes after each egg.

Sift together all the dry ingredients and add alternately with the cider and vanilla to the shortening mixture.

Blend well and bake in a 10" tube pan at 235F for 1 1/2 hours.

CARAMEL GLAZE: Bring ingredients to a rolling boil over low heat and boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Source:
Prize Winning Recipes from the State Fair of Texas, 1976. This cake won "Best of Show."

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