Beach Pound Cake Food

TROPICAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Spray a 10-cup tube pan with floured cooking spray and set aside (make sure the pan is coated well).
• Cream together the butter and cream cheese on low speed until mixed well. Slowly add the sugar. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy at medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed. (Mix from 15 to 30 seconds.) Slowly add flour. Once the flour is mixed in add the extracts. Beat the mixture on medium-low speed for about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape down the sides, beat another 30 seconds. TIP: do not overbeat, cake will be dry.
• Pour batter into the tube pan and distribute evenly. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. Test for doneness. Remove from over and let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes turn the cake out on a serving dish. Put the dish on a wire rack to complete cooling. One cake is cool, frost.
• Icing: Take the strained crushed pineapple, put in a small bowl, and with the back of a large spoon, press out as much juice as possible. Set aside.
• Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add the crushed pineapple and extracts. Beat about a minute. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until you reach the desired spreading consistency. You will most likely use the entire box. Beat until light and fluffy. Frost the pound cake on all sides, top and middle. Carefully press the coconut on the sides, and sprinkle on the top. Hint, put the cake dish on waxed paper so that the coconut that falls off can be easily collected.

TROPICAL BEACH BUM CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare both boxes of vanilla pudding according to the package directions, using an electric mixer. Blend the cream cheese into the pudding, mixing thoroughly to remove any lumps. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese-pudding mixture.
• Spread a third of the graham cracker crumbs into an even layer in a low-sided clear bowl. Pour half of the pudding over the crumbs and spread until it reaches the sides of the bowl using an offset spatula. Repeat this process once, setting the remaining third of the graham cracker crumbs aside. Cover with plastic wrap pressed directly against the surface of the pudding and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Remove and discard the plastic wrap. Following the edge of the bowl, create a 1 1/2-inch border of blue sparkle gel around the edge of of the pudding. Use a small offset spatula to gently spread the blue sparkle gel, creating the look and texture of ocean waves. Cover the remaining exposed pudding by piling the reserved graham cracker crumbs on top, mounding in the center, to resemble an island in the ocean.
• Cut the sour candy belts into small rectangles to resemble beach towels and place them around the cake with the bear crackers on top of each one. Place a few bear crackers inside peach candy rings (to look like inner tubes) and place them in the blue sparkle gel so that they appear to be bobbing in the water.
• To make the palm trees: Insert a mint stem into each wafer cookie, pushing down until the leaves meet the top of the cookie. Gently press into the center of the graham cracker crumb island.
• To make the candy crab: Use scissors to snip a small triangle out of the rounded side of a cherry slice, positioning it close to the flat side, to look like a claw. Snip a small notch out of the opposite side along the curve, to fashion the arm that the claw is attached to. Repeat this process with a second cherry slice. Insert a toothpick lengthwise into each arm and set aside. Prepare the crab body by holding the rounded sides of 2 cherry slices together back to back. Secure together using 2 toothpicks, being sure to push the toothpicks deep enough so they are only exposed on top. To make the eyes, use a dab of blue sparkle gel to attach an eyeball to the bottom of each gumdrop. Secure the gumdrops on the toothpicks sticking out of the crab body. Push the claw toothpicks into the sides of the crab body. Bury the bottom half of the crab body in the graham cracker crumb sand.
• Sprinkle the island with sanding sugars where the ocean meets the graham cracker crumbs. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325* (F).
• Spread solid shortening on bottom and sides of 9x5x3 inch loaf pan, or 9-inch tube pan.
• Dust evenly with flour; tap out excess.
• Set prepared pan aside.
• Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
• In a mixing bowl, beat butter until soft and fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar and beat until very light and creamy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• By hand or on low speed, gradually stir in flour mixture-- blend well.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes for loaf pan (40-45 mins. for tube pan), or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in its pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Slide a knife around the edges to loosen the cake from pan.
• Remove cake from pan, flip up-right, and cool completely on wire rack.

TROPICAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325.
• Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan. Lightly dust with flour.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl until mixed well.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a second bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix together sour cream (or yogurt), pineapple, and lime rind in a small bowl.
• On low speed, beat flour mixture into butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the sour cream (yogurt) mixture, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
• Add coconut and vanilla extracts.
• Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in 325-degree oven for 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Transfer pan to wire rack and cool for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan and let cool completely.
• Glaze:.
• Whisk together lime juice and confectioner's sugar in small bowl until good drizzling consistency.
• Drizzle over cake and garnish with desired toppings.

SURE PEACH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream shortening, butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add baking powder to flour and add alternately with milk and vanilla to the mixture. Add peach jam and blend well.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• PUT IN A COLD OVEN.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.

PEACH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the batter alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Fold in the peaches., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.