Cakes and Frostings

Powdered Sugar Pound Cake

Name: Powdered Sugar Pound Cake
Yield: 16 to 18

Powdered sugar gives this pound cake a slightly more dense feel and provides a lighter character to its sweetness. It also draws out the rich vanilla and almond flavors. We love the subtle differences it makes.

Prep

Cook

Servings

16 to 18

Level

Easy

Ingredients

1 ½ cups (¾ pound) Challenge European Style Butter, room temperature
1 pound (3 ½ cups) unsifted powdered sugar
6 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2¾ cups sifted cake flour
¼ cup sliced almonds (optional)

Directions

1

In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until creamy.
2

Sift powdered sugar; gradually add to butter, beating until mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3

Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat flour into creamed mixture.
4

Heavily butter a 10-inch (12-cup) plain or decorative tube pan; add sliced almonds (if used), then tilt pan to coat inside surfaces with nuts. Or butter pan and dust with flour.
5

Scrape batter into pan and smooth top surface.
6

Bake in a 300° oven until a slender wooden toothpick inserted in center come out clean, about 1 ½ hours.
7

Let cool in pan on a rack for about 5 minutes; run a knife around edges of tube to loosen center of cake, then invert cake onto rack to cool.
8

Serve warm or cool, cut into thin slices.