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I tried adding the zest and juice of two lemons to the batter. I could taste it, but the lemon glaze was much easier and had much more flavor | I tried adding the zest and juice of two lemons to the batter. I could taste it, but the lemon glaze was much easier and had much more flavor | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 27 December 2011
Good Eats Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 16 oz butter, room temp and cut in to small pieces
- 16 oz sugar
- 9 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 16 oz cake flour
Prep
- Place oven rack in middle, preheat to 350F
- Butter & flour two 9.5"x5" bread pans
Process
- Stir butter on low for 1 minute
- Cream butter and sugar for 5 minutes with paddle on medium, scraping down halfway
- Turn to low, add eggs 1 at a time. Fully integrate before adding the next
- Add vanilla and salt
- Add flour in 3 batches, at least 1 minute per batch, fully integrate each one
- Scrape down, stir some more
- Turn up to med and beat for 30 seconds
- Evenly spread between pans, 2lbs per pan
- Bake 1 hour, 210F is target
Cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes, cool out of pans on rack for 10 minutes
Modifications
Glaze
- 6 oz powdered sugar
- 1tsp zest (lemon, lime, orange, etc)
- 2.5 tbs juice
- Pinch of salt
Whisk sugar, zest, juice, salt til smooth. Drizzle immediately over cooled cake
Lemon Pound Cake
I tried adding the zest and juice of two lemons to the batter. I could taste it, but the lemon glaze was much easier and had much more flavor