social

Colonial Pound Cake

Here's an easy pound cake.

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks (1 cup) butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. mace*
  • 5 eggs (large)
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. each of vanilla, orange and almond extracts (Optional)

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at the time, mixing really well after each addition in order to obtain the maximum volume of the eggs.

Advertisement

Sift flour with mace and fold into above mixture, mixing well, but do not over beat. It will toughen your cake.

Spoon thick batter into a greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour, then testing for doneness. It may take longer (an additional 10 minutes or so) for your cake to reach the desired doneness. Check it again after 10 minutes.

When done, remove from oven and allow to cool on in pan on wire rack for about 5-8 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack and allow to cool thoroughly.

You may choose to lightly glaze this pound cake with a mixture of undiluted frozen orange juice and confectioner's sugar. Use about a cup of confectioner's sugar with 2 Tbsp. orange juice. Add more sugar or juice to get desired pouring consistency.

Advertisement

Pound Cakes are the most versatile cake to keep on hand. It can be served with sour cream, whipped cream (flavored or unflavored), ice-cream or fruits (fresh, canned or frozen).

* Lacy aril from outer shell of nutmeg with a milder flavor that adds a yellow-orange hue to food.

By Julia

Add your voice! Click below to comment. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!

 
In This Page
Categories
Food and Recipes Recipes Baking & Desserts CakesApril 30, 2004
Pages
More
🐰
Easter Ideas!
🍀
St. Patrick's Ideas!
🌻
Gardening
Facebook
Pinterest
YouTube
Instagram
Categories
Better LivingBudget & FinanceBusiness and LegalComputersConsumer AdviceCoronavirusCraftsEducationEntertainmentFood and RecipesHealth & BeautyHolidays and PartiesHome and GardenMake Your OwnOrganizingParentingPetsPhotosTravel and RecreationWeddings
Published by ThriftyFun.
Desktop Page | View Mobile
Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
Generated 2024-03-12 04:14:38 in 3 secs. ⛅️️
© 1997-2024 by Cumuli, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/tf969348.tip.html