This is an "old fashioned" pound cake that I've been wanting to make for a long time. I promised to wait until I had a "special occassion"--(what with 10 eggs and all)--but who knows when that's going to be??? I bought Plugra, a European-style butter, this morning. It came in a solid one-lb. brick! My market is now also selling "farm-fresh" eggs. So I figured, what better way to try out these great ingredients? It turns out that this cake mixes up very quickly once you have the ingredients at room temperature.
Tons of variations of this cake exist. I'll post my results later! Old-Fashioned Butter Pound Cake 1 pound real butter -room temperature (use the best unsalted butter you can afford) 3 1/3 to 4 cups granulated sugar* 10 eggs - room temperature 4 cups plain flour 1/2 teaspoon salt Juice of half a lemon 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 teaspoon pure almond extract Grease a (and flour if desired) tube pan and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, at medium speed, cream butter until light. Very gradually add sugar, mixing until fluffy and light. Reduce speed to low. Break eggs in a small bowl, one at a time, and add to butter and sugar mixture. (This is to prevent egg shells from getting into your batter, which will spoil your product.) With your mixture on the lowest setting, or by hand, stir in flour and salt. Add flavorings last. Keeping mixer at lowest speed, mix batter well, one or two minutes more. Put cake in a COLD oven. Bake at 300 degrees for 1-1/2 hours. Do not open doors for the first 30 minutes. *note on sugar: I've seen similar recipes that call for as little 2 cups of sugar, which makes a more traditional pound cake, and as much as 4 cups, which makes a sweeter one. Use the amount to suit your tastes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/mGEjbB/5WnJAA/E2hLAA/QXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
