Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, southern pound cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
A pound cake's beauty is its simplicity. It isn't as showy as a tall, frosted layer cake or as dramatic as a fruit-crowned upside-down cake or as cute as a cupcake. But this humble, comforting treat rises to nearly every setting, occasion, and crowd, whether served on a paper plate or on grandmother's heirloom china.
Southern Pound Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Southern Pound Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern pound cake using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Southern Pound Cake:
- Prepare 6 eggs
- Take 3 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Prepare 3 cup all purpose flour
- Get pinch salt
- Take 8 oz cream cheese
- Get 1 tsp baking powder
- Take 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tsp lemon extract
- Take 1/4 tsp almond extract
- Make ready 1 cup shortening
- Get 1 stick butter
Mom was not a baker, so when I tasted a rich buttery pound cake made by one of the church ladies, I was in love. My question, was confectioner sugar common in those days? Thanks for all of the research and taking the time to share. Southern Pound Cake is beautiful, rich and a classic worth raving about!
Steps to make Southern Pound Cake:
- Cream together cream cheese, shortening, butter, & sugar. Next add eggs one at a time.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt. Slowly add milk and dry ingredient alternately until all in corporates. Add flavorings.
- Pour batter into greased baking tube pan
- Bake 350° for 1 1/2 hour…you can add a glaze if you like or eat as is..
It's buttery and soft on the inside with a thick crumbly top that makes it totally irresistible. This cake made with simple ingredients is the star of any meal and perfect for the holidays and family celebrations. In the South, we love a good pound cake. This one is positively heavenly—sweet and rich but still, somehow, light as a cloud. Creaming the butter and sugar is the most important step when making a pound cake.
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