Double Vanilla Poundcake Food

MOM'S VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Combine sugar, butter, and shortening in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat until light yellow in color. Add eggs one at a time, mixing in each completely before adding the next. Mix in 1/3 of the flour, then 1/2 of the milk and water. Repeat with remaining flour, milk, and water, mixing completely between each addition. Add vanilla extract. Mix for 1 minute more.
• Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack.

VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 6-cup (8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch) loaf pan; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; add vanilla and salt. With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined (do not overmix).
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour (tent with aluminum foil if browning too quickly). Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack, and turn upright to cool completely.

DOUBLE VANILLA POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9-inch tube pan.
• In large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, stirring in a bit of the flour after the third egg. Add remaining flour, mixing until well combined.
• Scrape the insides from one inch of a vanilla bean and add along with the teaspoon of vanilla, blending well. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour.
• Remove from oven, let cool on wire rack about 15 minutes and unmold. When cool, store covered with plastic wrap or foil. Serve with fresh raspberries or vanilla ice cream.

DOUBLE VANILLA POUND CAKE WITH RUM-VANILLA GLAZE

Steps:

• Double Vanilla Pound Cake Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Pour milk into a saucepan, add the vanilla bean, and scald the milk.
• Let mixture cool to room temperature.
• Remove vanilla bean and set aside.
• Resift the flour with the baking powder and the salt onto a sheet of waxed paper; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer on moderately high speed until light, about 3 minutes.
• Add the vanilla sugar in two portions, beating thoroughly after each portion is added.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, periodically scraping down the sides of the bowl to ensure an even mixture.
• Blend in vanilla extract.
• On low speed, add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Pour and scrape the batter into lightly buttered, floured 10-inch tube pan, a large square baking pan or three loaf pans.
• Bake the cake on the lowest rack of the oven for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake emerges clean and dry.
• Cool cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Prick holes all over the top of the cake with a thin knife or toothpick and slowly spoon glaze over the cake, allowing the syrup to absorb into the cake.
• Rum-Vanilla Glaze Instructions: Place sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until syrup begins to thicken.
• Allow to cool slightly before adding extract and rum.

VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan
• In a large bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and mix for 1 minute. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla; mix for 1 minute, until well blended. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add in the dry ingredients and mix until completely blended.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before turning the cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

LUSCIOUS VANILLA POUND CAKE (WITH STRAWBERRY VARIATION)

Steps:

• Combine baking mix, cornstarch, Equal Sugar Lite in mixing bowl.
• Mix in yogurt, melted butter, milk, eggs and flavorings until well blended.
• Spoon mixture into a 9 or 12-cup Bundt® cake pan or a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan well-sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Bake in preheated 350°F oven 45 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Carefully remove cake from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

DOUBLE PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan.
• In large mixing bowl, combine butter, peanut butter, sugar, and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into butter mixture alternately with milk. Pour into pan.
• Bake at 350 F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15-30 minutes.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes on wire rack. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Drizzle cake with Peanut Butter Frosting.
• Frosting (Sometimes I make only half of this as it makes a LOT):.
• In sauce pan over low heat, melt 1/2 cup each of peanut butter and corn syrup. Stir in 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 T. milk, and 1 t. vanilla; mix until smooth.

PLAIN VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, shortening, and sugar well; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each additon, until well mixed. Add dry ingredients, sifted together, alternately with milk. Add flavorings. Bake in a tube or bundt pan for 1-1/4 hours (or until done) at 325 degrees.

DOUBLE-BANANA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with breadcrumbs.
• Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and mace in a bowl, and stir well with a whisk.(Very important step - flour needs to be whisked.)
• Combine the mashed banana, milk, and banana liqueur in a bowl.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add the granulated sugar and vanilla extract, and beat the mixture until well-blended.
• Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with the banana mixture, beating at low speed, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• Spoon the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake cake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Sift powdered sugar over top of cake.
• Note: To freeze extra pound cake, let cake cool completely on a wire rack; then cut into individual slices. Place unglazed slices in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Remove excess air from the bag; then seal and place it in your freezer for up to four months. To thaw, let it stand at room temperature.
• Note: You can use a 12 cup Bundt pan instead of the 10-inch tube pan. Just reduce the oven temperature to 325º.

VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with canola oil and dust with powdered sugar.
• Beat butter until creamy; add white sugar gradually. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add vanilla extract. Add cake flour and whipping cream alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing to a plate to cool completely.

VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla in large bowl.
• Beat on low to mix ingredients well.
• Beat on high for 5 minutes.
• On low, add flour and baking powder alternately with buttermilk.
• Beat well after each addition.
• Make sure you end with the dry ingredients.
• Spoon batter into greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake for 65-75 minutes, until a pick comes out clean.
• Cool for 15 minutes; invert onto cake plate.