Mini Pound Cake Serves 2 3 Recipes

MINI POUND CAKE (SERVES 2-3)

Steps:

• She states to use one petite loaf pan (2-cup capacity, about 5 X 3 X 2 inches) and that is what I used, but feel you could also make 3 or 4 cupcakes in a pan.
• Preheat the over to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour the loaf pan, tapping out the excess flour; then set it aside.
• Put the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl (or plastic bag that you can close and shake the ingredients to mix) and mix them well.
• In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar together with an electric mixer (or use a Kitchen Aid type of mixer), add egg yolk and vanilla and 1/2 of the buttermilk and the flour mixture. Beat about 45 seconds on medium until the batter is lightened and has slightly increase in volume. Add in remaining buttermilk and beat on medium until well blended, 20 seconds.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. (Mine was done at 25 mins in my convection oven).
• Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Then remove the cake from the pan. Serve the cake warm or let it cool, upright, on the rack.

POUND CAKES FROM HEAVEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees then grease and flour a 6 cup mini bundt pan and set aside.
• Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat at medium speed for 6 minutes, until really light and fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar and beat for an additional minute.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until the yolk disappears.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Then combine evaporated milk and heavy cream.
• Add flour mixture and cream mixture to butter mixture alternately beginning and ending with flour (1/3 flour mixture, 1/2 cream mixture, ending with flour.
• Stir in vanilla and almond extract and pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 60-75 minutes or until the cake tests done.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 1 hour then remove from pan and continue cooling on wire rack until completely cool.
• Serve plain, dust with powdered sugar or serve with whipped cream and berries.

MINI LEMON POUND CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place mini paper baking cup in each of 60 mini muffin cups; spray paper cups with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Gradually add granulated sugar, beating until blended. Beat on medium speed 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. On low speed, beat in flour and salt until smooth. Beat in lemon peel and juice. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely. Sprinkle cakes with powdered sugar before serving.

TRIO OF MINI POUND CAKES

Steps:

• Prep mix-ins
• In small bowl, combine poppy seeds and lemon juice. Set aside. In second small bowl, toss together chocolate chips and flour. Set aside. In third small bowl, gently mash banana. Set aside.
• Make batter
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9 (4-ounce) disposable mini loaf pans. (If using nondisposable metal pans, butter them, then line with parchment paper and butter paper.)
• In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In large bowl, using electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat butter at high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add sugar and beat until mixture is light and somewhat fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well at low speed after each addition, then beat in vanilla. Add 1/3 of flour mixture and beat at low speed until not quite combined, about 30 seconds. Add 1/3 of milk and and beat at low speed until not quite combined, about 30 seconds. Repeat with remaining flour mixture and milk, adding in 2 more batches of each. Beat at low speed just until smooth.
• Pour 1/3 of batter into medium bowl. Gently stir in poppy seed-lemon juice mixture and lemon zest. Divide among 3 of prepared pans.
• Pour 1/2 of remaining batter into medium bowl. Gently fold in chocolate chip-flour mixture and mashed banana. Divide among 3 of prepared pans.
• Divide remaining vanilla batter among remaining 3 prepared pans.
• Place all pans on large baking sheet. Bake until cakes are puffed and firm to touch and tester inserted into the center comes out with few crumbs attached, about 30 to 40 minutes. Cook on rack.
• When cool, wrap each cake in plastic wrap, then parchment or wax paper. Label, stack in groups of 3 (1 of each kind), and tie together with ribbon or twine.