Pound Cake Using Box Cake Food

POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom, side and tube of 10x4-inch angel food cake pan (tube pan), 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or two 9x5-inch loaf pans with shortening; lightly flour.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat flour mixture into sugar mixture alternately with milk on low speed, beating just until smooth after each addition. Pour into pan(s).
• Bake angel food or fluted tube cake pan 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, loaf pans 55 to 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan(s) to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

THE BEST AND RICHEST POUND CAKE FROM A MIX

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°.
• Lightly grease a 10-inch tube pan with vegetable shortening, then dust it with flour.
• Place the butter and oil in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium-low speed until creamy, 1 minute.
• Add the sugar and beat until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes longer.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating each until the yolks of the eggs have just been incorporated.
• Add cake mix, 1 cup of flour, sour cream, evaporated milk, and vanilla.
• Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat until the batter is thick and well blended, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes longer, scraping down the side of the bowl if necessary.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan, and bake the cake until it is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with a finger, 60 to 65 minutes.
• Remove the tube pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.
• Run a dinner knife around the edge of the cake, shake it gently to loosen it, and invert onto a rack, then invert it again onto another rack so that the cake is right side up.
• Allow the cake to cool completely, 20 minutes longer.

HOW TO TURN A BOX CAKE MIX INTO A POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, grease the bundt pan.
• Using a stand mixer fitted with a wire whisk attachment, cream the bowl's butter and sugar at medium-high speed until combined and fluffy.
• At medium speed, gradually add the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon extract. Add in the milk and sour cream.
• Add the cake mix and flour and beat until it is well incorporated. Pour the batter into the bundt pan.
• Put the bundt pan in the preheated oven and bake for 55 minutes. Take the pan out of the conventional oven and cool in the pan for 10 minutes; invert pan to a wire rack.

POUND CAKE FROM CAKE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray pan with vegetable pan spray.
• In a large bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water and oil. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan and place onto wire rack to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and milk until sugar is completely dissolved. Divide glaze into 6 separate bowls.
• Using icing colors, tint glaze as follows:1 bowl pink (use Pink Icing Color)1 bowl yellow (use Lemon Yellow Icing Color)1 bowl green (combine Kelly Green and Sky Blue Icing Colors)1 bowl teal (combine Sky Blue and Kelly Green Icing Colors)1 bowl periwinkle (combine Violet and Sky Blue Icing Colors)1 bowl white
• Prepare 6 decorating bags, separately, with pink, yellow, green, teal, periwinkle and white glaze. Cut small tip off each bag.
• Pipe drops of white glaze over top of cake. Alternate piping colored glaze and white glaze, allowing icing to drip down sides of cake. Continue filling in gaps. Tap cake on surface to help icing drip, if needed.

EASY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 900g loaf tin with parchment paper (mine was 19cm x 9cm x 6cm). Put all of the ingredients except those for the icing into a large bowl and beat together, either using an electric hand whisk or a wooden spoon until smooth and combined. Pour the mix into the loaf tin and spread evenly with the back of spoon. Bake for 40 - 45 mins.
• Once out of the oven, leave to cool and make the icing. Combine the icing sugar and vanilla paste with three tbsp of water - you may need more but add it gradually to get a thick icing. Spread it over the top of the cake; it's fine if it drips down the edges. Allow to set and then slice.

MIX AND MATCH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a bundt, tube, or 9x13 cake pan. Set aside.
• Add all ingredients except frosting to mixing bowl. Beat well.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes.
• Until it passes the toothpick test.
• The touch test isn't always accurate on this cake.
• Let rest for 10-15 minutes then invert onto cake plate.
• I leave the 9x13 in the pan.
• Let cool.
• Heat frosting in microwave till pourable.
• Drizzle over cake and let sit until frosting is set.