Tender Almond Pound Cake Food

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease and flour a 10 to 12-cup bundt pan. Set aside.
• Use a mixer to cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, and mix well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
• Add the dry ingredients and the milk to the mixture, alternately. Start with 1/3 of the dry, then half the milk, another 1/3 of the dry, the other 1/2 of the milk, then the remaining dry. Mix well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
• Add the vanilla and almond extracts. For lots of almond flavor, add 3 teaspoons. For less, only add 2. Mix to combine.
• Pour the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Bake times may vary. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then place a plate or platter over the pan and invert to turn the cake out onto the plate. Allow to cool completely.
• To make the glaze, whisk the powdered sugar, almond extract, and milk together in a small bowl. Drizzle over the cooled pound cake and sprinkle the almonds over the top.

STRAWBERRY ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the granulated sugar and butter. Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition. Add the sour cream and almond extract and mix to combine. Turn the mixer to low and gradually add the flour and salt and mix until well combined, scraping the bowl. Fold in the sliced strawberries.
• For the topping: Combine the brown sugar, flour, butter and salt in a medium bowl and cut together using 2 knives or a pastry cutter until it resembles crumbs. Mix in the almonds.
• Generously butter a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Pour the batter into the skillet and even out the surface. Press the remaining halved strawberries into the surface of the batter cut-side down, leaving them mostly exposed. Scatter the crumble over the top of the batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center does not come out totally clean but isn't wet with batter either, about 1 hour. Let the cake sit in the skillet for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, make the glaze.
• For the glaze: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice. Using a fork or whisk, drizzle over the cake. Serve directly out of the skillet.

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan or small square pan (8"x8").
• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Beat in the almond extract and the water.
• Stir together the flour, ground almonds and baking powder.
• Stir this into the wet ingredients.
• Pour evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes for a loaf pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the square pan, or in either case until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Beat just until combined., Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve with raspberries and whipped cream if desired.

BARB'S ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cream butter and sugar till fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time. Blend in vanilla, peel and almond filling.
• Stir together dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk.
• Pour into pan and bake at 325° for 55-70 minutes.
• Test with toothpick or bamboo skewer to see if done.
• Cool in wire rack 20 minutes before removing from pan.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.

DUNCAN HINES ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and almond extract.
• Beat at low speed with electric mixer until moistened.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in almonds with a spoon.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool in pan for 25 minutes.
• Invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar.

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, blend together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Add to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Stir in the extracts and beat until smooth.
• Butter the sides and bottom of a bundt pan.
• Press almonds against sides.
• Pour batter into the pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan 10 minuts then remove from pan and cool on a rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar.

TENDER ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter.
• Add a pound of eggs (typically 8 or 9 eggs), the sifted sugar, almond flavoring, and lemon juice.
• Cream until smooth.
• My Grandmother's recipe said to beat for 1/2 hour.
• If you are using an electric mixer, adjust accordingly.
• Gradually add the flour and mix well.
• Pre-heat oven to 300.
• Fill a lightly greased form 3/4 of the way.
• Loaf pans work well, as do mini-loafs or cup-cakes.
• For loafs, check for doneness with knife-test at 90 minutes.
• Mini-loafs and cup-cakes will finish sooner.
• I like this pound cake plain, or with a light dusting of confectioners' sugar.
• Alternately, you can apply a thin coat of icing.

ALMOND CRUNCH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine slivered almonds, 1/3 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and milk in a small saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until butter is melted and mixture is smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove topping from heat.
• Combine 1 1/2 cup flour, cream of tartar, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat 3/4 cup softened butter and almond paste in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup white sugar and continue beating until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating 1 minute after each addition; stir in lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture and beat until batter is just mixed, about 1 minute more; pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon flour evenly over batter. Spoon the topping over the flour layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

ALMOND-POLENTA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F with a rack in the lower third. Butter an 8 × 9 4-inch loaf pan; dust with flour, and tap out excess. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cut the almond paste into 2/3 cup sugar with 2 forks until it resembles coarse meal. Add the butter; using the paddle attachment, beat until soft and light, about 4 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the extracts, cream, and egg yolks. With the mixer on medium, gradually add the cream mixture to the butter mixture. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt. Sift half the flour mixture over the butter mixture, and fold to combine. Fold in the remaining flour mixture.
• In another mixing bowl, beat the egg whites and remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar on medium speed to stiff peaks, 2 to 3 minutes. Fold into the batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. If the top begins to brown too much, cover loosely with foil. Let cool before serving.

POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the unsalted butter with the sugar well.
• Then, add the eggs one at a time.
• Mix in the vanilla, almond, and lemon extracts.
• Now, carefully fold in the flour.
• Pour into a well- buttered bundt pan.
• Bake on 300 degrees for 1 hour.