Almond Pound Cake Recipes

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Beat just until combined., Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve with raspberries and whipped cream if desired.

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, blend together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Add to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Stir in the extracts and beat until smooth.
• Butter the sides and bottom of a bundt pan.
• Press almonds against sides.
• Pour batter into the pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan 10 minuts then remove from pan and cool on a rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar.

CLASSIC POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Gradually add flour alternately with milk, beating just until blended. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan or small square pan (8"x8").
• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Beat in the almond extract and the water.
• Stir together the flour, ground almonds and baking powder.
• Stir this into the wet ingredients.
• Pour evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes for a loaf pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the square pan, or in either case until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

DUNCAN HINES ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and almond extract.
• Beat at low speed with electric mixer until moistened.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in almonds with a spoon.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool in pan for 25 minutes.
• Invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar.

ALMOND CRUNCH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine slivered almonds, 1/3 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and milk in a small saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until butter is melted and mixture is smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove topping from heat.
• Combine 1 1/2 cup flour, cream of tartar, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat 3/4 cup softened butter and almond paste in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup white sugar and continue beating until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating 1 minute after each addition; stir in lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture and beat until batter is just mixed, about 1 minute more; pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon flour evenly over batter. Spoon the topping over the flour layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.