easy kentucky pound cake
(2 ratings)
This is one of my best pound cake recipes...it came attached to either a Wilton bundt or fluted cake pan YEARS ago...it is EASY,rich,dense and moist.
(2 ratings)
yield
12 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr
Ingredients For easy kentucky pound cake
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1 1/2 cbutter,softened
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2 1/2 cgranulated sugar
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5 lgeggs,room temperature
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3 call purpose flour
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3/4 tspbaking powder
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1/4 tspsalt
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1 cmilk(i have also used sour cream)
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1 tspvanilla extract
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3/4 tspalmond extract( or lemon...or just use a total of 1 3/4 teaspoon vanilla and omit the almond
- GLAZE:
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1 1/2 cconfectioners' sugar
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2 Tbspplus 1 1/2 teaspoons milk
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1 tspvanilla
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place ingredients into small bowl and whisk until well blended.
How To Make easy kentucky pound cake
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1Preheat oven to 325* and grease and flour pan(bundt or fluted). I am told it makes 2 nice loaf cakes as well.
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2ALL ingredients should be at room temperature.
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3Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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4Add eggs,one at a time, mixing well after each one.
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5Sift 3 cups of flour with baking powder and salt.
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6Starting with flour mixture,add alternately flour mixture and milk.
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7Mix in extract(s).
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8Pour into prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and then turn out on rack to cool. If glazing let the cake cool completely first.
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9I made this cake today and I needed to cook it for one hour and 15 minutes...so make sure you test with a toothpick :o)
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