Pound Cake

Name: Pound Cake
Ingredients: ½ pound unsalted butter; 1 cup sugar; 5 eggs; 2 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup sour cream; Confectioners’ sugar; 2 medium loaf pans

Chef

Christopher Idone

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Cookbook

New Glorious American Food

Published by Welcome Books

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This image courtesy of Tom Eckerle

Cooking Methodbaking

CostInexpensive

Easy

Total Timeunder 2 hours

Make Ahead RecipeYes

Kid FriendlyYes

Recipe Coursedessert

Five Ingredients or LessYes

Mealdinner

Taste and Texturebuttery, sweet

Type of Dishpound cake

Ingredients

½ pound unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
5 eggs
2 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup sour cream
Confectioners’ sugar
2 medium loaf pans

Instructions

Generously butter the loaf pans. Preheat the oven to 350°.
In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. One at a time, add the eggs, mixing thoroughly.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients, alternately with the sour cream.
Divide the batter between the loaf pans. Bake for 40 minutes, or until the loaves pull away from the sides of the pan.
Allow the cakes to rest for 10 minutes, remove from the tins, and cool on a rack.
Dust with confectioners’ sugar.