Did you bring the pound cake ? Did You bring the pound cake ? Ask her did she make the cake?
After you take this cake to a family event be prepared, they are going to be asking you make it again, and again and again. Wait until you feel the moistness, see the texture and taste the flavor…… you will see why.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk (can substitute ½ cup of buttermilk and ½ cup of half and half)
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 1 teaspoon rum flavored extract
- 1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups white sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ½ cup shortening (I use butter flavored shortening)
- 5 large eggs
Five Flavor Glaze
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup water
- ½ teaspoon coconut extract
- ½ teaspoon rum flavored extract
- ½ teaspoon butter flavored extract
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
2. Cream sugar, butter, and shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg.
4. Add all of the extracts.
5. Combine flour and baking powder in a medium bowl.
6. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk in batches, starting and finished with the flour mixture.
7. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tube pan.
8. Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean for 90 minutes. Cooking time can vary by stove – 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
GLAZE
Combine sugar, water, and extracts in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
- Turn cake out onto the wire rack and place waxed paper under the rack to catch glaze drippings. Spoon the glaze over the top of cake.
- The dripping on the cake will look different depending on if you put the drippings on a warm cake or a cake that already cooled.
REMINDER/TIPS
You can wait longer for your cake to cool down prior to dripping the glaze over the cake.
- Some people prefer vanilla cream cheese icing on the cake instead of the glaze.
- Have some fun with the flavors… try some other combinations.
- Be ready for this to be gone fast. Leave you some slices at home. 🙂
- 1 cup milk (can substitute with ½ cup of buttermilk and ½ cup of half and half) in the cake
- ***Some people prefer vanilla cream cheese icing on the cake instead of the glaze. Just warm the icing up in the microwave and drizzle on the cake with a spoon.
