Best Weight Watchers Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe Genius Kitchen Recipes

WEIGHT WATCHERS VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Coat a 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, vanilla extract and almond extract; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until blended.
• Beat in sugar, baking powder and salt until blended.
• Beat in flour and egg mixture, little by little, beginning and ending with flour.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 55 to 65 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack.
• Cut into 12 slices and serve.
• Yields 1 slice per serving.

ALL-OCCASION VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Place a rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour with potato starch, vanilla powder, salt, and baking soda and whisk gently to blend.
• In another large mixing bowl, combine sour cream, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and liquors and whisk gently to combine.
• Add butter and sugar to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment; slice open vanilla pod and scrape in black seeds and begin blending on low speed.
• After 2-3 minutes, add eggs and extra yolk, one at a time, waiting until each is fully incorporated before adding next egg.
• Continuing on low speed, alternately add dry and wet mixtures, little by little (move swiftly through this step to avoid overworking the batter, it should take no more than 1 minute).
• Stop mixer, scrape down sides of bowl and along bottom and mix on medium speed for 15 to 20 seconds, until batter is consistenly smooth.
• Spray a large (11 1/2 cup) Bundt pan with an oil/starch spray; fill pan three-quarters full and level it with a rubber spatula (use any leftover batter for cupcakes).
• Bake 45 minutes; test for doneness by inserting a bamboo skewer into center and removing it: when skewer shows just a touch of crumbs, remove cake from oven and cool for 5 to 10 minutes on a flat surface.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to cool completely.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, serve with whipped cream and berries, if desired.

VANILLA POUND CAKE*

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream sugar and butter for 3 minute or until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, and then the extracts.
• In a seprate bowl sift the remaining ingredients and slowly beat into the mix.
• Pour into a greased loaf pan, and bake until a tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.

THE BEST AND RICHEST POUND CAKE FROM A MIX

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°.
• Lightly grease a 10-inch tube pan with vegetable shortening, then dust it with flour.
• Place the butter and oil in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium-low speed until creamy, 1 minute.
• Add the sugar and beat until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes longer.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating each until the yolks of the eggs have just been incorporated.
• Add cake mix, 1 cup of flour, sour cream, evaporated milk, and vanilla.
• Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat until the batter is thick and well blended, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes longer, scraping down the side of the bowl if necessary.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan, and bake the cake until it is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with a finger, 60 to 65 minutes.
• Remove the tube pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.
• Run a dinner knife around the edge of the cake, shake it gently to loosen it, and invert onto a rack, then invert it again onto another rack so that the cake is right side up.
• Allow the cake to cool completely, 20 minutes longer.