Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pound cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pound Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pound Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.
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. See how to make pound cake from scratch the easy way.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pound cake using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pound Cake:
- Prepare 1 lb butter (softened)
- Take 2 1/4 cups sugar (split)
- Make ready 8 eggs (split whites and yolks)
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
- Get 2 tsp almond extract
- Make ready 1/3 cup bourbon/whiskey
- Get 3 cups flour
- Make ready Your choice of frosting
The name Pound Cake comes from the fact that the original pound cake contained one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. It's deliciously buttery and moist, amazingly soft and melt-in-your-mouth tender and it has an irresistible flavor. It's the perfect dessert for any celebration and it doesn't even require a. Pound cake is the best friend of the dessert world.
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.
It can be dressed up with whipped cream and berries, slathered with butter and placed on a grill, or simply sliced and enjoyed alongside. The name "pound cake" comes from the traditional American pound cake recipe which called for one pound each of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs. Pound cake refers to a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. However, the quantity is often changed to suit the size of the cake that is desired. A traditional Southern pound cake with added flavor from pecans.
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