Crystal Pound Cake Food

PERFECT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Beat butter with sugar, baking powder, and salt on medium-high speed until very light and fluffy, about 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl, then beat 1 minute more. Scrape bowl again, then beat in vanilla.
• Add eggs, a bit at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add half of flour, then sour cream, then remaining flour, beating until just combined after each addition. Remove bowl from mixer and use a spatula to get all the way down to bottom, stirring and folding to ensure all the butter is fully incorporated. (This will prevent butter streaks on the top of your cake.) Scrape batter into prepared pan.
• Transfer pan to oven, reduce temperature to 325°, and bake until top is golden and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour, 5 minutes. (Starting at a higher temperature, then dropping down gives the cake a jump-start before allowing it to bake nice and slowly, so it doesn't get too dark.)
• Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool 1 hour, then invert cake onto rack, turn top-side up, and let cool completely. Slice to serve; or store, unsliced, in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days; or freeze, wrapped in plastic, up to 3 months (thaw to room temperature before serving).

CRYSTAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition add vanilla.
• Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Turn out onto cake plate, let cool. Enjoy!

CRYSTAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10X4 tube pan or a 12 cup bunt pan with shortening, ( sides bottom and tube); flour.
• Mix flour, soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.
• In large separate bowel cream together shortening and sugar with pastry blender until coarse crumbs are formed. Beat in eggs, (one at a time), and vanilla at low speed with an electric mixer. Beat on high speed for 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk at low speed, (begin and end with the flour mixture), just until combined. Spread into pan.
• Bake 70 to 80 minutes, or toothpick comes out clean. Invert immediately onto wire rack and cool 20 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.

CRYSTAL'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2. Grease tube pan*** and line the bottom with wax paper (do not grease the top of the wax paper).
• 3. Sift flour & baking powder together and set aside.
• 4. Measure 1 cup of milk and add flavorings.
• 5. Cream butter and sugar, and then beat in the eggs one at a time.
• 6. Add flour mixture and milk, alternating.
• 7. Mix well.
• 8. Pour cake mix into a tube pan and place in the center of the oven.
• 9. Bake 1.5 hours or until done.
• 10. When cake is done, run a butter knife around the outside edge between the cake and the pan. Allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes.
• 11. Flip cake upside down and remove the wax paper. Then place the container of cake plate on the bottom and gently flip the cake back over so that the top is showing. Serve plain, with strawberries, and/or glaze on top.