Treats from Potluck Paradise Cafe

“Cheap” Pound Cake Three Ways 

 6 tablespoons soft butter 

1 cup sugar 

2 eggs 

1 teaspoon lemon extract 

2 teaspoons baking powder 

2 cups flour 

3/4 cups milk 

1/2 cup finely chopped nuts, raisins, or dried cranberries 

 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease either three mini-loaf pans or one large loaf pan and set aside 

In a medium bowl cream the butter and sugar, Add the eggs and beat well. Stir in the lemon extract. Add baking powder and half the flour. Mix until well combined. Then stir in the milk followed by the rest of the flour. Add the nuts or dried fruit and pour batter into prepared pans. You may divide the batter and use 1 1/2 tablespoons of the nuts or fruit in each loaf

Bake until cake pulls away from the side of the pan and a knife stuck into the middle comes out cleanly.  

From She Knew What She Wanted Book One in the Potluck Paradise Cafe series of Lake Livonia books on Kindle Vella