Unique Pound Cake Recipes

Many people shy away from pound cake because of its tendency to be dry and tasteless.  The following recipes breathe new life into traditional pound cakes by adding sweet and zesty ingredients to the mix.  The end result yields moist and tasty pound cakes that your guests will happily devour. 

Key Lime Pound Cake

Ingredients:

For Cake:

3 cups all-purpose flour

pinch salt

3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 1/2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons grated lime zest

5 large eggs, at room temperature

3/4 cup lime soda

For Glaze:

2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

2 tablespoons lime soda

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

For cake: In a medium bowl, sift together flour and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, sugar, and lime zest until pale and light, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Gradually add flour mixture, until blended. Stir in soda. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a rack before inverting onto a plate.

For glaze: Stir together powdered sugar, butter and soda; add lime juice or sugar if needed. Spoon glaze over cake. Garnish with lime zest.

Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup butter, softened

3 cups white sugar

5 egg yolks

5 egg whites

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 1/4 cups milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Cream shortening and butter until light and fluffy, add sugar gradually. Beat well with electric mixer. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa and cinnamon together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts.

In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold carefully into cake batter. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.

See Also:

Cherry Pie
Baking with Apples
Blueberry Pie