Pound Cake Recipe

AnneLa

Does anyone have a pound cake recipe that is not too dry and tastes buttery? I can't seem to find one that remains moist after baking.

Whirlwind

I may draw fire from the serious cooks in our midst, but I think it's hard to beat a good ole' Sara Lee poundcake straight from your friendly local grocer.

Otherwise, take a regular pound cake recipe and add an 8 oz. carton of sour cream and a tsp. of butter flavoring. A shot or two of rum wouldn't hurt either!

TN HR

>I may draw fire from the serious cooks in our
>midst, but I think it's hard to beat a good ole'
>Sara Lee poundcake straight from your friendly
>local grocer.
>
>Otherwise, take a regular pound cake recipe and
>add an 8 oz. carton of sour cream and a tsp. of
>butter flavoring. A shot or two of rum wouldn't
>hurt either!


Rum?!?!?!?!? How about some Old No. 7 or another fine Tennessee sippin' whiskey?

I heard Don D likes rum only in his rum runners and cuba libres but fancies Courvoisier in his pound cakes.

Don D

I've never heard of that stuff as I'm a beer drinker, thank you very much.

HRCalico

I've experimented with a few and had the same results you describe. Whirlwind has two good suggestions - frozen poundcake is one of my favorite dietary splurges and there's no work involved (except on the treadmill afterwards).

HRinNH

I think it's called pound cake because you gain a pound for each slice you eat...sigh...but put some fresh strawberries on top and the guilt starts to fade. I prefer Sara Lee too.

AnneLa

I agree that Sara Lee has the best pre-made cake around, but I still like to do my own baking once in a while. Unfortunately, my current pound cake recipes come out dry and crumbly, not at all like Sara Lee.

HRinNH

Have you tried mixing pudding or sour cream into the batter? I've heard that helps.

E Wart

This is the easiest pound cake recipe I know and is sooo good, espeically when warm. (Can freeze as well.) I have a good friend who made her daughters wedding cake with this.

3 sticks of butter (1 1/2 c)
3 cups sugar
8 oz cream cheese (not sour cream)
6 eggs
3 c cake flour
vanilla to taste (or could use almond) about 1 t

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Leave butter and cream cheese out to soften. Cream butter, sugar and cream cheese. Alternate adding next 2 ingredients and continue creaming. Add vanialla to taste (or almond.)
Grease and flour bundt pan or 2 loaf pans or 2 or 3 round 8-9 inch pans.
Bake 1-1/2 hrs in 350 degrees.

Great with just butter toasted for breakfast or just by itself.

E Wart

AnneLa

Thanks.......... I'll give it a try this weekend and see.

Don D

A lady here at work would like to know how many points a slice would be.

E Wart

I admire her for asking, but I gave up the "counting" years ago. I just love to bake and can't do that and count as the same time.

E Wart