Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pound cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
See how to make pound cake from scratch the easy way. Pound cake is a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. Pound cakes are generally baked in either a loaf pan or a Bundt mold, and served either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed, or sometimes with a coat of icing.
Pound Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pound Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pound cake using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pound Cake:
- Make ready 1 lb butter (softened)
- Take 2 1/4 cups sugar (split)
- Get 8 eggs (split whites and yolks)
- Prepare 2 tsp vanilla
- Take 2 tsp almond extract
- Take 1/3 cup bourbon/whiskey
- Make ready 3 cups flour
- Get Your choice of frosting
Pound Cake is one of those old fashioned cake recipes that will always have place on my dessert table. Pound cake is the best friend of the dessert world. It can be dressed up with whipped cream and berries, slathered with butter and placed on a grill, or simply sliced and enjoyed alongside. This recipe is an updated version.
Steps to make Pound Cake:
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and 2 cups sugar until it’s a light yellow color. Gradually add in egg yolks. Mix in Bourbon, almond extract and vanilla to the mixture. Slowly add in flour.
- In a separate bowl add egg whites and remaining sugar. Beat until stiff peaks. Fold in into batter.
- Pour into a greased angel food cake pan. Cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool and frost.
Pound cakes first originated in Europe. That's because a classic pound cake. See more ideas about Cake recipes, Pound cake recipes, Pound cake. Italian Lemon Pound Cake is the only lemon pound cake you will ever need. The name Pound Cake comes from the fact that the original pound cake contained one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour.
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