Friday, February 7, 2014

"Perfect" Pound Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3 cups sugar
1 cup plain yogurt (Greek is best), thinned with 3 tbsp of cream or milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 large eggs at room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
 Powdered sugar

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
Add the yogurt and mix until incorporated.
Sift the baking powder and flour together.
Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, alternating with the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Add the vanilla and almond extracts and pour the mixture into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake for 1hr 20 min, until tester comes out clean. Start testing at 1hr 10 min

Turn out onto cake plate when slightly cooled and dust with powdered sugar.