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Pound Cake
POUND CAKE
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Pound Cake
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 (8 OZ) PKG. CREAM CHEESE, AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 1 1/2 CUPS (340G) UNSALTED BUTTER, AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 2 1/2 CUPS (500G) GRANULATED SUGAR
- 1/2 TSP SALT
- 6 LARGE EGGS, AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 2 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
- 2 1/2 CUPS (354G) UNBLEACHED ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR (SCOOP AND LEVEL TO MEASURE), PLUS MORE FOR DUSTING PAN
Instructions
- PREHEAT OVEN TO 325 DEGREES.
- IN THE BOWL OF AN ELECTRIC STAND MIXER BLEND BUTTER AND CREAM CHEESE UNTIL SMOOTH. ADD IN SUGAR AND SALT AND WHIP ON MEDIUM-HIGH SPEED UNTIL MIXTURE IS LIGHT AND FLUFFY, ABOUT 3 MINUTES. SCRAPE DOWN SIDES AND BOTTOM OF BOWL.
- MIX IN EGGS ONE AT A TIME, UNTIL JUST BLENDED, AND ADDING IN VANILLA WITH LAST EGG. SCRAPE DOWN BOWL.
- ADD IN FLOUR THEN MIX JUST UNTIL COMBINED.
- SPRAY A 12 CUP** (10-INCH) BUNDT PAN OR TUBE PAN (WITHOUT A REMOVABLE BASE) GENEROUSLY WITH NON-STICK COOKING SPRAY, BE SURE TO COVER ENTIRE SURFACE EVERYWHERE IF AN AREA IS MISSED CAKE WILL STICK. DUST WITH FLOUR AND SHAKE OUT EXCESS.
- POUR BATTER AROUND INTO PREPARED PAN THEN SPREAD EVENLY.
- BAKE IN PREHEATED OVEN UNTIL A WOODEN SKEWER OR TOOTHPICK INSERTED INTO CAKE COMES OUT CLEAN, ABOUT 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES.
- LET COOL IN PAN ON A WIRE RACK 20 MINUTES, LOOSEN EDGES WITH A KNIFE, THEN INVERT ONTO WIRE RACK TO COOL COMPLETELY.
- ONCE COOL SLICE AND SERVE WITH LIGHTLY SWEETENED WHIPPED CREAM AND BERRIES OR FRUIT COMPOTE IF DESIRED.
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