Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pound cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pound cake doesn't have to be complicated. This recipe calls for basic ingredients that you most likely have in your pantry. Bake this cake in an angel food or fluted tube cake pan, dust it with powdered sugar and voila, you have a perfect dessert!

Pound Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Pound Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pound cake using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pound Cake:

1. Take 1 lb. butter (softened)
2. Make ready 2 1/4 cups sugar (split)
3. Get 8 eggs (split whites and yolks)
4. Make ready 2 tsp. vanilla
5. Take 2 tsp. almond extract
6. Prepare 1/3 cup. bourbon/whiskey
7. Make ready 3 cups. flour
8. Get Your choose of frosting

In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the applesauce, vanilla and lemon zest. Pound cake is a rich dessert traditionally made with a pound of butter, flour, eggs, and sugar.

Instructions to make Pound Cake:

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and 2 cups sugar until its a light yellow color. Gradually add in egg yolks. Mix in Bourbon, almond extract and vanilla to the mixture. Slowly add in flour.
2. In a separate bowl add egg whites and remaining sugar. Beat until stiff peaks. Fold in into batter.
3. Pour into a greased angel food cake pan. Cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool and frost.

Consider it a blank slate for new, innovative flavor variations, including fruit-filled, chocolate, lemon, and sour cream. We've got a pound cake for every craving! I have been making this pound cake for years, with only small changes. Start with ROOM TEMPERATURE butter,(REAL butter) cream cheese and eggs which makes for easier mixing and a more creamy outcome, and using cake flour (cup for cup) gives it a more velvet type texture. While pound cake has traditionally been made with a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, I've made some small adjustments for the best flavor (hello, vanilla extract!).

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