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Gram's Watermelon Pound Cake

A community recipe for Gram's Watermelon Pound Cake from Now We're Cooking.

AmericanChickenEasy120 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 6 egg whites
  • 3 sticks butter
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 4 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract
  • 3/4 cup raisins
  • red and green food coloring

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven at 325F.

  2. 2

    Whip egg whites

  3. 3

    Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together

  4. 4

    Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Fold into creamed mixture, alternating with the milk

  5. 5

    Add vanilla and almond extracts. Fold in egg whites

  6. 6

    Separate 1/3 of dough and add green food coloring. Add red food coloring and raisins to remaining dough

  7. 7

    Grease and flour a large round tube pan, then insert vertically a waxed paper circle 'fence' 2 inches from the edge of the pan

  8. 8

    Pour green dough OUTSIDE fence and raisin/red dough INSIDE fence

  9. 9

    Remove 'fence' and place pan into oven on middle rack

  10. 10

    Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours

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