Best Powdered Sugar Pound Cake Recipes

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Provided by Molly Shannon Daum

Yield Makes 12 to 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1-pound box powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 large eggs
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour 12-cup angel food cake pan with removable bottom. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar, then lemon peel, vanilla extract and salt. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Add flour in 3 additions, beating just until blended each time. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cut around center tube and pan sides to loosen cake. Remove pan sides. Cool cake completely.

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Provided by sklesley

Number Of Ingredients 6

3/4 lb. (1 1/2 cups) butter
1 lb. (3 1/2 cups) powdered sugar, sifted
6 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300. Beat butter until creamy. Slowly add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Heavily butter and flour a 10" (12 cup) bundt pan. Add almonds - tilt pan to coat inside with nuts. Pour batter into pan and smooth top. Bake about 1 1/2 hours till toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Run knife around edges to loosen. Turn out and cool for an hour.