Pound Cake With Variations
Submitted by sweetielola on June 23, 2003 at 12:51 am

DESCRIPTION
Pound Cake with Variations

SUMMARY
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INSTRUCTIONS
1 lb. sweet unsalted butter
6 egg
1 cup milk (use whole)
2 tsp. vanilla
1 TB baking powder
4 cups unbleached flour
3 cups sugar
dash salt

Cream together butter and sugar at high speed on mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each.

Sift dry ingredients. Mix together milk and vanilla. By hand using a wooden spoon dry and wet to butter mixture beginning and ending with flour. Mix thoroughly just enough to blend without excessive beating.

Pour into buttered and floured pan. Bake 1 hr until toothpick comes out dry.

Can use bundt or tube pan. Cool ten minutes and turn out.

Variations:

Mocha Swirl - Replace milk with 1 cup strong coffee (double strength). After all batter is combined remove 1/3 of batter and mix with 1 ounce square of melted unsweetened chocolate. Spread remaining two-thirds of batter into pan and spoon choc. batter in several places on top. Take a knife and swirl in a gentle folding motion - until marbled.

Lemon - Replace vanilla with lemon extract. Add fresh grated rind of 1 lemon.

Lemon & Blueberry - Replace vanilla with lemon extract. At last stage of folding in dry ingredients fold in 2 c blueberries and add 1 tsp fresh lemon rind.

Enjoy!