Best Helens Pound Cake Recipes

Classic Pound Cake image

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 2h

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

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.

Nutrition Facts :

Aunt Helen's 7-up Pound Cake image

Provided by Cecelia Anderson

Categories Cakes

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 stick butter
2 c sugar
5 eggs
2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 c 7-up
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp vanilla
1 c confectioners' sugar
0 juice of one fresh orange, remove seeds

Steps:

1. Soften butter ( an easy way is by microwaving for 30 secs), and beat with sugar until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
2. Sift together the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add alternately to creamed mixture with 7-up, ending with dry ingredients.
3. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Beat well. Bake in greased and floured tube pan (a bundt pan or several bread loaf pans work as well) at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
4. Make glaze mixture with confectioners sugar and orange juice and spoon over cake while still warm. As a tip when making the glaze, put the 1 cup of confectioner's sugar in a small bowl start to squeeze the orange juice into the bowl and stir. The confectioner's sugar will start to thicken, and just add enough where you can use a spoon and drizzle over the cake..