Recipe For Million-Dollar Pound Cake
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. They are sometimes served either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed, or with a coat of icing.
Equipment
- Bundt pan
- Stand or hand mixer
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Milk
- Eggs
- Butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Almond Extract
Instructions
- Preheat and bake at 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 10×4-inch, 12-cup bundt pan (that's larger than a typical bundt pan) or a tube pan. In other not to have your cake stuck up in the bundt pan.
- Using an electric or stand or hand mixer, beat the room temperature butter until creamy. Periodically, stop the mixer, and scrape down the sides. When it's fluffy, add in your sugar.
- Continue to whip until light and airy.
- Add eggs one at a time until well incorporated.
- Slowly add flour and milk alternately beginning and ending with flour until the mixture completely combines.
- Once that step is completed, slowly alternate adding the flour and milk into the mixture, then gently stir in the almond and vanilla extracts until well combined. Mix until everything is well blended.
- Add batter to pan and bakeMake sure your tube pan is greased well and dusted with flour.
- Bake at 350 degrees 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes before removing from the pan onto a serving tray.
- If the cake seems to be sticking, run a butter knife or off-set spatula along the edges to help the cake release.
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Notes
Unlike other cake recipes, this cake doesn't have any baking soda or baking powder; it uses air as its leavening agent.
Nutrition
Serving: 100g
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