The Polish Church Pound Cake Food

POLISH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Cream margarine, shortening, sugar and salt.
• Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition.
• Add milk and then flour.
• Fold in vanilla flavoring then fold in cherries and nuts.
• Pour batter into the pan. Start in the middle of a cold oven and bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours at 300 degrees. Do not open door while baking for at least the first 1 1/2 hours.
• Cake is ready when the outside is a dark golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from pan immediately. When cooled, you may dust cake with powdered sugar before serving.

CHERRY NUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar together.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each one.
• Add sour cream, vanilla, and remaining ingredients.
• Mix just until moist.
• Pour into a greased 10" round pan.
• Bake at 350° for one hour.

EASTER LAMB-SHAPED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 F.

IRISH CREAM POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray, then dust with flour.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing on medium speed until incorporated, about 30 seconds each. Scrape down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the mixture to the bowl of the stand mixer and mix on low until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Add the Irish cream and mix on low to combine, 15 seconds more.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread in an even layer. Bake until the surface of the cake is lightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the thickest part comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then unmold onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Whisk the powdered sugar and Irish cream together in a medium bowl to form a thick glaze. Spoon the glaze over the surface of the loaf, letting the excess drip down the sides. Let the glaze set for 10 to 15 minutes before slicing.

BROWN BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Butter and lightly flour an 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Heat butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until milk solids on bottom are a dark chocolate brown. Transfer to a shallow bowl and chill in freezer until just congealed, about 15 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Beat together brown butter and sugars with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and then the bourbon (!). At low speed, mix in flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Transfer batter to pan, smoothing top, then rap pan on counter to settle batter. Bake until golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• Cool in pan 30 minutes, then invert cake onto a rack and cool completely, right side up, 1 hour.

POLISH POUND CAKE RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Cream shortening well. Add sugar one cup at a time and cream after each. Add eggs one at a time and cream after each. Add flour and salt alternately with milk and flavoring ending with flour. Add cherries and nuts to last half cup of flour and mix well. Put into greased and floured large angel food cake pan. Put into cold oven on lower shelf. Turn heat to 300° and bake 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours. Let cake stand right side up about ½ hour before removing from pan. Cool on rack. This cake is rich and freezes well. When serving, do not cut into thick slices.

POLISH APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter and sugar (or margarine). Add vanilla and eggs and beat well. Sift flour, powder, soda and salt together. Add to egg mixture and alternate when adding the applesauce mixing well.
• Grease a 13x9x2" pan and pour in the mixture spreading out evenly.
• Combine mixture for topping and spread evenly over batter and bake for 45 minutes.
• Let cool in pan.

SHERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix at medium speed the cake mix, pudding, oil, sherry and eggs.
• In a small bowl mix the cinnamon and brown sugar.
• Grease a bundt pan.
• Pour a little batter in the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle a little of the sugar on top of that.
• Continue to layer having the batter as the last layer.
• Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.
• Once cooled sprinkle a little more cinnamon and sugar on top.

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.

THE POLISH CHURCH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream Crisco, margarine, sugar and salt.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat.
• Add flour and milk alternately, ending with flour.
• Add flavoring. Add nuts. Add cherries cut in half.
• Bake in greased and floured tube pan or Bundt pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes (or longer) at 300 oven.
• START IN COLD OVEN. DO NOT OPEN DOOR WHILE BAKING.
• Remove from pan immediately. Do not ice.