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Pound Cake I
Earl
"The rich and buttery pound cake from this easy recipe keeps fresh for many days."
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Ingredients
1 h 30 m servings 307Original recipe yields 12 servings (1 loaf cake)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x4-inch loaf pan. Sift together flour and baking powder.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg yolks. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in the vanilla and lemon extracts.
- In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour.
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Read all reviews 1416 Ratings
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10/8/2009
This is definitely a classic pound cake recipe. I followed the recipe exactly and baked it in a 9x5 inch glass baking dish. Mine took 1 hour and 10 minutes with no raw center. It was light, f...
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10/8/2009
This is definitely a classic pound cake recipe. I followed the recipe exactly and baked it in a 9x5 inch glass baking dish. Mine took 1 hour and 10 minutes with no raw center. It was light, f...
6/27/2008
This is one of the better basic pound cakes I have had on this site. A lot of complaints about dryness, well if you use butter, beat thoroughly and only beat egg whites until they hold soft pe...
10/14/2009
I love this cake!! this is my first attempt at making pound cake, and I'm happy to say it turned out perfect. I followed the recipe exactly, and yes, the egg whites must be whipped to form sof...
7/3/2007
This came out lovely! I am using it for Baked Alaska so I used a pie pan in place of the loaf pan. For the size change only a 40 minute baking time was needed. Thank you!!! (any first timers, li...
8/8/2009
This cake was amazing! Def. a family favorite because it is so light and fluffy -- BUT you might need to bake it a little bit longer 'cause the middle of mine was barely cooked! But overall a w...
6/4/2010
I have made this pound cake many times, and it has always tasted great! Something that you might want to do though is add a little lemon and orange zest(1 tsp). It makes the the cake taste even ...
3/28/2010
I followed the directions exactly because I was giving it as a present. Seems kind of dry and bland...not very special at all. I had high hopes because of the high star rating, but was disappo...