Wonderful Buttery Moist Pound Cake Food

VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to a medium 150 deg C (300 deg F). Place the oven rack in the bottom one-third of your oven. Grease and lightly flour the base and sides of a loaf pan (20 cm x 11.5 cm x 6.5 cm) or cake tin of your choice. Shake off the excess flour.
• In an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter till light and fluffy at medium speed (speed 3 on a Kitchen Aid mixer), about 8-10 minutes. Add vanilla and almond (or rose) essences, mix till well blended.
• In a cleaned mixer bowl, using a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip egg yolks with sugar on high speed (speed 4 on a Kitchen Aid mixer) until mixture turns pale and thick. Transfer to a separate bowl, wash the mixer bowl and ensure that it is completely dry and grease-free.
• In a cleaned and dry mixer bowl, whisk egg whites with 1 tsp sugar till stiff peaks form.
• Fold the creamed butter into the egg yolk mixture. Sift in the flour and salt, and fold till well combined. Lastly, gently fold the egg whites into the batter till well combined.
• Pour cake batter into a greased loaf pan (or cake tin of your choice), and level the surface. Gently tap the pan a few times on the work surface to eliminate air pockets. Bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until a metal or bamboo skewer inserted into the centre of the cake emerges free of batter.
• When done, remove the pan from the oven, let cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Serve warm, chilled or lightly toasted.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until well blended.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in flavorings.
• Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (163 degrees C) for 1 hour.

OLD FASHION BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
• *IMPORTANT - ALLOW ALL INGREDIENTS TO REACH ROOM TEMPERATURE*.
• With mixer on low speed, cream the butter until soft; slowly add sugar while mixer is running.
• Once all the sugar has been added, beat until the mixture is fluffy.
• Slowly add eggs, one at a time, mixing each egg well into the creamed mixture.
• Add the flour and salt, mix until smooth.
• Add vanilla extract and milk; mix until smooth.
• Pour into the loaf pan.
• Bake for 75 to 90 minutes or until golden brown.

WONDERFUL BUTTERY MOIST POUND CAKE!

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a large springform pan (do not use a Bundt or tube pan!).
• In a bowl cream the butter with 2 cups of sugar for about 6 minutes (until no sugar granules remain in the creamed mixture).
• Add in the flour and beat until combined (mixture will be thick and coarse).
• Add in eggs (one at a time) mixing well after each addition.
• In a small bowl, whisk the warmed milk with the baking powder, then add into the creamed mixture; mix until combine.
• In another small bowl, dissolve/whisk the lemon juice with the baking soda: mix well until combined.
• Add the lemon juice/baking soda mix to the batter; mix until combined.
• Pour the batter into prepare greased springform pan.
• Combine the 1/3 cup sugar with the chopped nuts.
• Sprinkle on top of cake.
• Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until golden brown, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (I found that 45 minutes in a 325 degree air-convection oven exactly was the perfect baking time for the cake ).
• Cool the cake completely in the pan before removing.
• Delicious!

SUPER MOIST POUND CAKE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 325. Cream cheese and butter should be room temperature.
• Mix together cream cheese, butter, shortening, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Next add the milk salt and baking powder. Add cake flour a half a cup at a time. Batter will be thick. Pour into bundt pan. Bake for 1 hr 15 minutes
• I prefer to add the glaze while its still warm.

BLANK SLATE BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar, shortening and eggs.
• Add flavoring.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
• Pour batter into greased and floured tube cake pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 300°.
• Cool 10 minutes and turn out of pan.
• VARIATIONS: Add 1 cup of chocolate chips, melted, to batter for chocolate cake.
• Add grated orange or lemon peel for orange or lemon cake.

LEMON ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the Lemon Orange Pound CakeLower the oven rack to the next to lowest position. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan. In a separate bowl whisk the flour and baking powder, salt and the lemon and orange zest. Whisk for at least 30 seconds to combine. Set aside. In a bowl or measuring cup, add milk and lemon juice. Add the vanilla and lemon extracts. Set Aside Cream butter with the paddle attachment of your mixer until smooth. Gradually add the sugar and mix on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes or until increased in volume, lighten in color and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time mixing after each until the yellow of the yolk is blended into the batter Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk mixture to the butter, sugar, and eggs mixture. Begin and end with the dry ingredients ( 3 additions of dry and 2 of wet). Double check and make sure all ingredients have been used. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Check at about 50 minutes baking time and if the top is getting too dark, cover loosely with aluminum foil. Place on cooling rack for about 10 minutes before turning out of the pan. For the GlazesWe made two glazes-- an orange glaze and a lemon glaze. The instructions are the same for both. Combine the ingredients in a bowl and mix with a spoon until combined and smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add additional milk a teaspoon at a time until the right consistency. *For the orange glaze, we added a small amount of orange coloring gel.