Vanilla Sparkling Wine Pound Cake

Ingredients

  • * 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • * 1 tsp. baking powder
  • * 1/4 tsp. salt
  • * 1 cup sparkling wine or milk
  • * 3 Tbsp. sour cream
  • * 2 cups sugar
  • * 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • * 1/4 cup safflower or canola oil
  • * 5 cold eggs
  • * 2 Tbsp. vanilla paste or vanilla extract
  • * 1 recipe Sparkling Wine Glaze, recipe below

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; set aside. In large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Sift mixture; set aside. Stir together sparkling wine and sour cream; set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl beat sugar, melted butter, and oil with electric mixer until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla paste. Beat on medium to high 3 to 5 minutes or until thicker and lighter in color. Add one-third the flour mixture; beat on low just until combined, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Add half the wine mixture; beat just until combined. Repeat with one-third the flour mixture, the remaining wine mixture, and remaining flour mixture. With rubber spatula scrape batter into prepared pan.

3. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Turn out on rack; cool completely. Drizzle with Sparkling Wine Glaze. Makes 16 servings.

4. Sparkling Wine Glaze: In small bowl combine 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp. sparkling wine. Stir in additional wine, 1 tsp. at a time, to reach drizzling consistency.
Nutrition Facts

* Calories361,
* Total Fat (g)14,
* Saturated Fat (g)6,
* Monounsaturated Fat (g)3,
* Polyunsaturated Fat (g)3,
* Cholesterol (mg)90,
* Sodium (mg)145,
* Carbohydrate (g)51,
* Total Sugar (g)33,
* Fiber (g)1,
* Protein (g)5,
* Calcium (DV%)4,
* Iron (DV%)8,
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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