This humble basic pound cake-- we made the 7-UP variation-- is also excellent with coffee or tea for your morning and afternoon snack.
BASIC POUND CAKE AND VARIATIONS
4 sticks butter, softened
5 eggs
¼ tsp salt
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
3 C sugar
3 C flour, sifted 3 times
¾ C milk
Cream butter and sugar together well, and add eggs one at a
time, beating after each addition. Add salt, baking powder, vanilla, sifted
flour, and milk, and beat batter for 5 minutes. Pour batter into a greased and
floured bundt pan. Place cake in cold oven, heat oven temperature to 325o,
and bake 1 hour 30 minutes. Slice cake when cool.
VARIATIONS
Lemon Pound Cake: Omit baking powder and milk, add ½ tsp baking soda, ½ pint sour cream, and 1 oz lemon extract.
Lemon Pound Cake: Omit baking powder and milk, add ½ tsp baking soda, ½ pint sour cream, and 1 oz lemon extract.
German Chocolate Pound Cake: Add 1 package (12 oz)
German Sweet Chocolate pieces, melted.
7-Up Pound Cake: Omit milk and add ¾ C (6 oz) 7-Up, 1
tsp lemon extract, and 1 tsp almond extract.
Brown Sugar Pound Cake: Omit 3 C sugar, add 3 ½ C
brown sugar. When cool top with the following: ½ stick butter and 1 C chopped
pecans, cooked over low heat until very light brown, removed from heat, another
stick butter added with 1 lb powdered sugar and enough milk to make a glaze to
drizzle over cake.
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