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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Moist, Dense, Heavy Cream Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened (two sticks, no substitutions!)
  • 7 large eggs
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon maple extract (optional) or 1 teaspoon butter flavor extract (optional) or 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional) or 2 teaspoons lemon juice (optional) or 2 teaspoons orange juice (optional)

Recipe

  • 1 cream sugar and softened butter until smooth.
  • 2 add eggs in 1 at a time, mixing well between each addition.
  • 3 sift in 1 1/2 cups cake flour, and combine.
  • 4 add heavy cream to mixture, stir in well.
  • 5 sift in the remaining 1 1/2 cups cake flour and combine until smooth.
  • 6 stir in vanilla extract and additional optional flavors.
  • 7 pour into greased and floured bundt pan or 2 loaf pans.
  • 8 place in the middle of a cold oven, turn on heat to 350 degrees f.
  • 9 bake 60-70 minutes, until a knife inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  • 10 (the smaller the pan, the less time it will take to bake.).
  • 11 remove from oven and let cool before removing from pan.
  • 12 store in an airtight container or wrap with aluminum foil.

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