Pound Cake
This recipe for an easy and delicious pound cake is perfect for making mini Easter Egg Cakes!
Servings: 12 slices of cake or 6 eggs
Calories: 606kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 226g) butter, room temperature
- 6 eggs, room temperature
- 3 cups (600g) granulated sugar
- 3 cups (384g) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (1 pint or 476g) heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon McCormick Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour two loaf pans. (rectangle pans)
- Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer or with a hand-held mixer until light, about 3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix well.
- Pour heavy cream into a large measuring cup and add the vanilla extract to it. Stir to combine.
- Add flour, one cup at a time. After you have added 1 cup flour, add in 1/3 the whipping cream. Repeat with another cup of flour and then remaining whipping cream. Add the last cup of flour and mix until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 325°F for 1-1/2 hours or an inserted skewer or knife is removed with some crumbs. (No wet batter.) Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack.
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Nutrition
Calories: 606kcal