12 Egg Pound Cake Recipes

12 EGG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter thoroughly, gradually add sugar, beat until light and fluffy.
• 2. Mix baking powder with flour. Add 3 tablespoons flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture; beat well.
• 3. Add remaining flour and eggs alternately until all have been added. Add Vanilla
• 4. Bake in two 10 inch tube pans for 1 hour at 325 degrees F

GRANDMOTHER'S POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 8x4 inch loaf pans, then line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. After removing them from the oven, immediately loosen cake edges with a knife. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans. Strip off the parchment paper and cool completely on wire racks.

PURELY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter 2 (6-cup) loaf pans and line them with parchment or waxed paper.
• In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter until very light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add the sugar and mix. Working 2 at a time, add the egg yolks, mixing well between each addition. The mixture should be very fluffy. Add the brandy, rose water, nutmeg and salt and mix to incorporate. Working in 3 batches, add the flour, mixing just until combined and scraping down the bowl between additions. In a clean dry bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Add to the batter and mix well, until no streaks of egg white remain. If necessary, fold in the last few streaks by hand. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and smooth the tops. Bake until golden brown and split on the top and a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean (a few crumbs are okay), 70 to 80 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 30 minutes. Knock the cake out of the pan and let cool (do not remove the parchment paper; it helps the cake stay moist).

TWELVE YOLK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare a 10-inch (12 cup) tube pan or 12 cup bundt pan with non-stick spray.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (I recommend you Calibrate your oven!)
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• In a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until very fluffy and thick.
• Gradually beat in sugar and beat 2 minutes on high speed, stopping to scrape the bowl.
• Reduce speed to low and add vanilla, lemon, and cold water.
• Gradually, but quickly add sifted flour mixture while beating on low, scrape bowl.
• Beat only long enough to blend, about 2 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until golden brown or when pick inserted in thickest portion of the cake comes out clean or with dry crumbs. (Watch closely if you haven't calibrated your oven. Baking pans can affect baking times as well. If it turns out dry you cooked it too long.)
• Cool cake for 15 minutes on wire rack before removing from the pan. Loosen sides of cake from pan with a spatula, then remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Store in an airtight container 4 days or on countertop or 1 week in the refrigerator.