Divas Can Cook Pound Cake Recipes

SOUTHERN WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Pour heavy whipping cream into a medium-sized bowl and mix until fluffy with stiff peaks. Set aside.
• In a large bowl cream together shortening, butter and cream cheese.
• Mix in sugar until combined.
• Add eggs, one at a time and mix on low or medium after each egg.
• Stir in lemon extract and vanilla extract. Set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk or sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, mixing gently until batter is fluffy.
• Fold in the whipped cream.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake on middle rack for 90 minutes.
• Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack until pan is warm enough to touch.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to cool completely.
• Mix together glaze ingredients.
• When cake has cooled drizzle on the glaze.
• Allow the cake to sit uncovered until the glaze has hardened.
• Slice and serve plain or with berries and cream.

SOUTHERN SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar just until creamy on low speed.
• Mix in eggs one at a time.
• Mix in vanilla extract.
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk. (Be sure to mix on low JUST until combined. Overdoing it will result in a cake with streaks)
• Mix until batter is well combined and fluffy.
• Mix in sour cream just until combined.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake on middle rack for 90 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cake sit in pan until pan is warm.
• Remove cake from pan and place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
• Serve plain or topped with berries and fresh cream!

THE BEST RED VELVET CAKE FROM DIVAS CAN COOK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
• Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
• Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
• Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.
• Generously grease and flour two round cake pans with crisco and flour.
• Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
• Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Do not over bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools.
• Let cool on a cooling rack until the pan are warm to the touch.
• Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
• Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool.
• Frost the cake with cream cheese frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.