Pound cake

By barbsjustagirl

This is a dense and sweet pound cake that is good for carving. Goes very well with butter cream icing or any creamy icing.

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 package vanilla pudding
• 1/2 tsp. popcorn salt
• 1 1/2 cups butter or 2 1/2 sticks
• 2 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tbs. heavy cream
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tbs. vanilla bean paste or 1 vanilla bean scraped
• 6 large eggs
• Directions

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven to 325 f.

combine and sift flour, salt, sugar and pudding package. Put in a bowl and set aside.

cream butter, sugar and vanilla thoroughly, add 1 tbs. of heavy cream and beat hard for 30 sec.

add the flour and 1 cup of heavy cream alternating between the two and scraping down the bowl at least 1 during this.

add eggs 1 at a time making sure each is incorporated before adding another. Scrape down sides of bowl 1/2 way through.

spoon into pans and bake until golden brown and cake springs back when gently touched.