Old Fashioned Pound Cake 1972 Food

ORIGINAL POUND CAKE FROM 1700'S ENGLAND

Steps:

• Preheat oven 325 degrees.
• In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
• Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.
• Gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.
• Add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.
• Pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.
• Bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; Til toothpick in center comes out clean.

OLE FASHIONED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl, then set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer on low speed until it looks pale yellow, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time. Scrape down the sides after adding each egg. Mix in the vanilla and lemon extracts. Add a third of the flour mixture. Mix well and scrape down the sides. Add half of the sour cream. Mix well and scrape down the sides. Add another third of the flour mixture. Mix well and scrape down the sides. Add the remaining sour cream. Mix well and scrape down the sides. Add the remaining flour. Mix well and scrape down the sides. Use your spatula to scrape the bottom of the mixing bowl to be sure everything is incorporated well.
• Spray a 9-inch Bundt pan well. Pour the batter into the Bundt pan and smooth the top. Bake until golden brown on top, 1 hour 15 minutes. Use a cake tester to check to see if the cake is done; if the tester comes out clean, it's done. If not ready, bake in increments of 5 minutes. Let the cake cool in the Bundt pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and remove the pan to cool completely.
• Grilled pound cake is best with cake that is 3 to 5 days old. Preheat a griddle with lines. Cut slices about 1/2 inch thick. Grill each side for 2 to 3 minutes. (If cooking on an outdoor grill, grill just until grill marks appear, 30 seconds to 1 minute per side.) Serve immediately with fresh berries or a fruit compote.

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter. Add sugar to butter and beat until real creamy. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Add flour, salt, baking powder and vanilla. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Blend egg whites into batter.
• Bake in 325F oven for 1 hour.

OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until very light and creamy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Gradually add cake flour, blending thoroughly. (Use a medium speed for this.).
• Add lemon rind and juice.
• Bake in 2 greased and parchment paper-lined or waxed paper-lined 9x5" pans at 350º for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Frost or glaze, or leave plain.
• *If wanting to make a half a recipe, use 5 eggs.

OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan (9"X3"). With an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy. Add the flour one half cup at a time along with a little cream and keep on mixing until you have incorporated all of the flour. Now add the vanilla. Mix. Pour into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until the cake has risen, has a golden crust and when you check it with a toothpick, the pick comes out clean. If you have moist batter stuck to the toothpick you need to bake it a bit longer. Add 5 minutes and check again.
• Let the cake cool standing upright in the pan for 15 minutes. Then turn the pan on its side and gently tip it to coax the cake out. Then stand the cake back upright and let it cool completely.

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE 1972

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease loaf pan. Can line if desired.
• Cream butter and sugar until all granules are dissolved and you no longer feel them between your fingertips.
• Sift the flour and measure.
• Add the salt and mace.
• Sift all together once more.
• Add eggs one at a time, alternating with the flour to the creamed mixture.
• Beat until light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla.
• Pour into prepared greased pan.
• Bake 325 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Using tester to test.