Crusty Pound Cake Food

CRUSTY TOP, SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour and measure; resift twice with soda.
• Set aside.
• Cream oleo and add the sugar slowly, beating constantly to cream well.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Stir in sour cream.
• Add flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well.
• Stir in vanilla and turn batter into a well greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake in 325°F oven about 1 1/2 hours.
• Place pan on rack to cool 5 minutes.
• Loosen cake around edge of pan.
• Turn cake onto rack to cool completely.

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE WITH A CRUNCHY TOP

Steps:

• Cream the sugar and vegetable shortening (Crisco) together. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Mix all the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking soda). Add the wet ingredients (vanilla and buttermilk). Alternate adding the wet and dry ingredients (about 1/3 of the quantity at a time), mixing after each addition.
• Divide batter between two bread loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 300 and bake for another 15 or so minutes, until a toothpick stuck in the center of the cake comes out clean.

CRUNCHY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325º.
• Grease and flour bundt pan.
• Combine butter and shortening in mixer bowl.
• Add eggs and blend well.
• Add other ingredients.
• Beat on medium speed for 10 minutes.
• Pour into pan.
• Bake 70 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes.

CRUSTY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Butter and flour one Bundt pan. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Cream together butter, cream cheese, and shortening.
• Add sugar and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Alternately add flour and eggs beginning and ending with flour. Make sure to beat well after each egg.
• Stir in vanilla and pour into prepared bundt pan.
• Cook for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

SUGAR CRUST POUNDCAKE WITH SHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour in small amounts at a time, beating well after each addition. Bake in a well-greased 10- to 12-inch tube or bundt pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Do not open oven door until cake has been baking for an hour. Cool and turn out onto the serving plate. Serve sliced with Sherry Sauce spooned over (see recipe below).
• Beat eggs and sugar together in the top of a double boiler. Cook over boiling water until thick; stir in butter, sherry, and salt. Serve warm.
• Makes 3/4 cup

POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a tube pan.
• Cream the butter and shortening together in a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, starting at the slowest setting and increasing to a medium speed after 3 or 4 minutes. Cream on this setting until done.
• Add the sugar a little at a time. Add the eggs, 1 egg at a time, mixing after each addition, until well incorporated.
• In a mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt, and mix with a wire whisk until thoroughly combined.
• Reduce the stand mixer setting to the lowest speed. Start adding a little of the dry ingredient mix followed by some milk. Alternate the dry ingredients and the milk ending with dry ingredients. Then add the vanilla extract.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the pound cake comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Remove the pound cake from the oven and let it cool down for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Gently flip tube pan over to remove the cake, and cool the pound cake on a wire rack. If the pound cake cools too long while still in the tube pan, it might break or not come out.
• Cool the cake for 30 minutes before dusting with confectioners' sugar. Serve the same day or lightly toasted the following day.

PLAIN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch) loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
• Cream the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, 1 at a time.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• When the cakes are done, let them cool for 10 minutes. Take them out of the pans, place them on a baking rack and allow them to cool completely. Wrap well, and store in the refrigerator.

BETTER THAN GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar, margarine and Crisco.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• In a separate bowl, mix the flours together.
• Add flours to the cream mixture, alternating with the milk.
• Add the vanilla.
• Beat for 10 minutes, scraping down the bowl several times.
• Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
• Place in a COLD oven.
• Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean. Note: Sometimes this cake has taken up to 2 hours to bake. It all depends on the oven. You don't want to raise the oven temperature because the crust won't form properly.
• Allow cake to cool in pan for 30 minutes and then run a butter knife around the edges before removing it from the pan.

THE BEST POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Don't preheat oven. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube or Bundt pan. Sift together the all purpose flour and self-rising flour; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Alternately beat in the flour mixture and the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Finally, stir in the lemon extract and vanilla.
• Pour batter into a 10 inch tube or Bundt pan. Place cake in cool oven and set oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.