We ran up to Des Moines over the weekend, to catch up with Cortney, so I thought I would make her some pound cake, as it is one of her favorites. I dusted off my Baking cookbook, turning to page 222. This recipe calls for a lot of beating of the butter, then even more as you add the eggs and the batter turns out very light and fluffy and I was pretty hopeful. Now you have to bake it on a baking sheet to insulate the bottom of the cake from burning. The cake was dry and not to flavorful and not too exciting. Perfection Pound Cake - I don't think so. Where is my go to recipe?
Now my Aunt Edie may not have published a cookbook but she DID know her way around the kitchen. So print this recipe out and tape it over the one on page 222 - because when you want pound cake THIS is the recipe you want. Now bring on Bobby Flay!
Now my Aunt Edie may not have published a cookbook but she DID know her way around the kitchen. So print this recipe out and tape it over the one on page 222 - because when you want pound cake THIS is the recipe you want. Now bring on Bobby Flay!
POUND CAKE
3 c sugar
1 c butter
6 eggs
3 c flour
1 c buttermilk with 1/2 t of baking soda stirred in
1 t vanilla
Cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs one at a time. Alternately beat in flour and buttermilk. Add vanilla. Bake in loaf pan (greased and floured - I used three) at 325 degrees for One hour and 10 minutes. No need to insulate, these babies won't burn.
The big dogs - hanging out on Campus.
The princess and her pup.
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