Elvis Presley's Pound Cake
3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 pound butter, softened
7 eggs, at room temperature
3 cups cake flour, sifted twice, divided
1 cup whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Thoroughly cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in half the flour, then the whipping cream , then the other half of the flour. Add vanilla extract. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set in a COLD oven and turn heat to 350 degrees F. Bake 60 to 70 minutes, until a sharp knife inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool thoroughly.
Governor George Ryan's Grandmother Roth's Banana Bread
1/2 cup shortening (margarine)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon vinegar added to 1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups (3 very ripe) bananas
Mash the bananas. Cream the shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add the liquids. Add the salt, flour and soda last. Pour into one greased bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean.