Five Egg Pound Cake Recipes

FIVE FLAVOR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
• Add in eggs, one at a time, being sure to mix thoroughly after each egg. Set aside.
• In a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients while alternating with the half n half and buttermilk. (Batter should be fluffy when done mixing)
• Mix in extracts.
• Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cake cool until pan is warm to the touch.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to finish cooling on cooling rack.
• When cake is completely cooled, drizzle on the glaze if using.
• To make the glaze, combine powdered sugar, extract and 1/2 teaspoon of milk.

SIX EGG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a tube or Bundt® pan. Do not preheat oven.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla.
• Add flour mixture alternately with milk. Beat until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Place cake into cold oven, set the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake for 60 to 90 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

FIVE FLAVOR POUND CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan. In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Set aside. In a measuring cup, combine the milk and 1 teaspoon each coconut, lemon, rum, butter and vanilla extracts; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and 3 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat until smooth. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours, or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Turn cake out of pan onto wire rack. Place waxed paper under rack to catch glaze drippings. Slowly spoon Five Flavor Glaze onto top of hot cake. Cool completely.
• To make the Five Flavor Glaze: In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, water and 1/2 teaspoon each coconut, lemon, rum, butter and vanilla extracts. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating after each addition., Transfer to prepared pan., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan; cool completely on a wire rack., If desired, for garnish, place corn syrup in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, 10 seconds or until warm. Brush corn syrup lightly over rosemary. Sprinkle sugar to coat; place on waxed paper to dry. Reheat remaining corn syrup until warm; gently toss cranberries and blueberries in syrup. Toss in remaining sugar to coat. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set, about 1 hour., Just before serving, top cake with sugared rosemary and berries. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.

HOMEMADE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Place sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Cream together using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or a hand mixer, on medium speed, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating for 45 seconds after each addition. Add vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the butter and egg mixture, mixing on low speed, until just blended. Add 1/2 cup milk and beat on low speed until just blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula between each addition. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and milk.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking pan, filling no more than 2/3 full. Smooth the top with a spoon or a spatula.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake is just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes before inverting onto a plate. Allow to cool completely before serving.

FIVE EGG POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir the extract into the milk. Reduce the speed to low and alternately add the flour and milk beginning and ending with the flour. Pour the batter into a greased tube pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Variations For lemon or orange pound cake omit the vanilla and almond extracts and add the zest of an orange or lemon. For Currant Pound Cake add 1-1/2 cups currants and zest of half a lemon and omit the almond extract.