Originally Posted by
jsmeeker
Everything in Paula Deen's cookbooks.
I had the same thought.
Here's a family recipe cake that used to send shivers though the northerners when I'd read it to them in college - I think it was the lard, might've been the amount of eggs & sugar
Cream together 2 cups sugar with one cup lard. Add in 3/4 cup whole sweet milk, a teaspoon of vanilla (I substitute Amaretto now that my grandmother is no longer around to find out), and 1/4 tsp salt. Alternating, add in 6 eggs and 2 cups of flour until just combined. Pour into greased & floured bundt pan. Place in cold oven (do NOT preheat oven). Set temp to 325 and bake for 55-60 minutes or until knife stuck in center comes clean. Best served while still hot from oven or after its set (well wrapped) for at least a day. Good plain or with fresh peaches/strawberries and ice cream.