Pound Cake
Pound Cake
Joy of Cooking pound cake recipe, modified from the classic pound cake recipe which was a pound each of flour, sugar, eggs, and butter.
3/4 lb (3 sticks, 1 1/2 c) butter
3 c sugar
8 eggs
4 (scant) t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 (generous) t mace
2 (generous) t vanilla
2 T rum
1 c milk (and change)
4 c flour
Cream softened butter and sugar. Mix in eggs thoroughly. Mix in salt, mace, and baking powder. Mix in vanilla and rum. Mix in milk. Mix in flour, though it might not need a full 4 c so add in bits; batter should be thick but pourable, not only spoonable. Pour into 9x13 pan lined with parchment paper, bake at 325 or 350 until done (over an hour). It will have entire top well browned and a toothpick will come out clean...or mostly clean. Most of the time the cake will fall after it's removed from the oven.
Joy of Cooking pound cake recipe, modified from the classic pound cake recipe which was a pound each of flour, sugar, eggs, and butter.
3/4 lb (3 sticks, 1 1/2 c) butter
3 c sugar
8 eggs
4 (scant) t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 (generous) t mace
2 (generous) t vanilla
2 T rum
1 c milk (and change)
4 c flour
Cream softened butter and sugar. Mix in eggs thoroughly. Mix in salt, mace, and baking powder. Mix in vanilla and rum. Mix in milk. Mix in flour, though it might not need a full 4 c so add in bits; batter should be thick but pourable, not only spoonable. Pour into 9x13 pan lined with parchment paper, bake at 325 or 350 until done (over an hour). It will have entire top well browned and a toothpick will come out clean...or mostly clean. Most of the time the cake will fall after it's removed from the oven.