Apricot Pound Cake Recipe 445

APRICOT GLAZED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 12 cup bundt pan, or tube pan, 10x4 inches.
• 2. CAKE: Beat all ingredients in large bowl on medium speed, scraping bowl constantly until blended (about 30 seconds). Pour into prepared pan.
• 3. Bake about 35-45 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center is clean. (No, actually do this! it's necessary!). Remove from pan and cool completely.
• 4. GLAZE: Heat apricot preserves until melted, then remove from heat. Cut up any large pieces of fruit. Stir in apricot brandy (or nectar).
• 5. Spread warm apricot glaze over cake. Garnish with apricot halves and mint leaves (if desired).
• 6. CREAM: Mix sour cream and brown sugar. Serve sweetened sour cream and any remaining apricot halves with cake.

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a very large tube pan.
• Cream together sugar and butter add eggs one at a time.
• Mix dry things and set aside.
• Mix sour cream and all flavorings and brandy.
• Alternately add dry and wet to sugar mix.
• Mix until well blended then pour into pan and bake at 325 for 70 minutes.

APRICOT POUND CAKE RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• In a mixer bowl, beat the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter mixture, alternating with the sour cream. Mix just until blended after each addition. Place 1/3 of the batter in a greased and floured bundt pan. Spread the apricot jam over the top of the batter. Add another 1/3 batter over the jam, then spread the rest of the jam. Finish with the last of the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the pan and cool completely. I made a simple glaze of powdered sugar and milk to drizzle over the top.

GLAZED APRICOT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Using the tube pan, flip it upside down and cut a piece of wax paper using bottom of pan as your template. Remember, outside of pan is larger than the inside so it is ok if it is a hair smaller than pan bottom. Also, cut out tube hole.
• 2. Lay the wax paper in the bottom of the tube pan and grease inside of pan, wax piece and tube. Then put some flour in and make sure you flour all the way around. I usually tap my measuring cup against the tube to knock flour onto the tube all the way around as I am putting flour in the pan. Hold over counter or a bag or the trash can, holding on tightly to it and knock out excess flour.
• 3. Measure out flour into small mixing bowl and add salt and baking powder and blend well, then set aside for a moment. Open can of Apricot halves and pour some juice in small bowl and set aside. Drain remaining juice from can. Take 4 halves of Apricot and place in a small electric chopper or a blender and puree them. Strain out any tiny seed piece, place in a bowl and set aside.
• 4. Separate eggs, beat yolks together. Save whites (you will whip them into fluffy whites at end and fold them in), set aside.
• 5. In mixing bowl add sugar, crisco and milk and blend well (Do not over mix). Add in flour mixture next, a little at the time allowing it to blend well. Add in 1 tsp of the Apricot juice you saved, and you can dispose of remainder. Add in Apricot Extract and pureed Apricots and mix well. Now add in egg yolks and mix well.
• 6. Once batter is finished, beat egg whites until fluffy and gently fold into batter. Pour batter into pan, turning and pouring batter evenly throughout the pan. Do not drop, beat or shake to even out the batter. Use a spoon or spatula to spread the batter fairly even, doesn't have to be perfect.
• 7. Place cake in cold oven and bake at 275° for 1 1/2 hours, then increase heat to 325° for another 30 minutes to 1 hour. Test doneness with a butter knife after the 30 minute mark at 325°. (Mine was done after 20 minutes on 325°) (Each oven and climate is different)
• 8. Once the cake is done place on a pice of card board wrapped in wax paper. Then wrap in a T pattern with 2 pieces of Aluminum foil. This will help it to remain moist until ready to serve.
• 9. If you would like to make a glaze for this Pound Cake here are a couple of ideas. 1. Basic Vanilla Glaze: 1/4 cup melted butter 2 cups powdered sugar (sifted, no lumps) 2 - 4 TBSP milk 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract Mix powdered sugar and butter, add in extract, then add in milk, but only use one TBSP at a time until you get the right consistancy. You may not need all 4 tbsps. Drizzle over cake if desired or set aside for guest choice. OR 2. Lemon Glaze: 1/4 cup melted butter 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted Add lemon juice to taste (You don't want the lemon flavor to be overpowering on your cake) Add a little water if needed to get proper consistency. (No Vanilla or milk) Drizzle over cake or set aside as above.

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Combine the sour cream, rum flavoring, orange extract, almond extract, lemon extract, vanilla extract and apricot brandy. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream and flavorings mixture, stirring just until incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; mix well.
• Combine sour cream, brandy, and flavorings.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pan 10-15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely.

APRICOT NECTAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 or 10 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, eggs, 1/2 cup of sugar, oil, 3/4 cup of apricot nectar and brandy using an electric mixer on low speed. Mix for 3 minutes on high speed. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan, then invert onto a serving plate.
• To make the icing, combine 3 tablespoons of apricot nectar, 3 tablespoons of sugar and butter in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until butter is melted and sugar has dissolved. Let cool one minute, then pour over the cake.