Flavored Pound Cake

This Flavored Pound Cake recipe from Paula is great. Remember, it is all in the glaze! She writes:

This is a great recipe because you can make different flavors to suit your tastes. Of course you can always make it plain and it is still delicious.

Flavored Pound Cake

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Ingredients:

1. 2 Cups Sugar
2. 1/3 Cup Butter or Margarine, softened
3. 1/2 Cup Low Fat Cream Cheese, softened
4. 3 Large Eggs
5. 1 Large Egg White
6. 2 Teaspoons Vanilla
7. 3 Cups Flour
8. 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
9. 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
10. 1 (8oz) container Low Fat Lemon Yogurt

Ingredients For Glaze:

1. 1/2 Cup Confectioner’s Sugar
2. 4 Teaspoons Lemon Juice

Variations:

1. Add 2 Cups of Blueberries
2. Use 1 Teaspoon of Almond Extract and reduce Vanilla to 1 teaspoon
3. Add 1 Teaspoon Coconut Flavoring and reduce vanilla to 1 teaspoon
4. Add 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest (remember lemon zest is the peel of the lemon - you use a special tool to grind/scrape it off called of course, a lemon zester)

Lemon Zester - you can use this special tool:



or you can use the good ole hand grater.



You will need:

1. 1 10 inch Bundt Pan or 2 Loaf Pans
2. 1 Large Bowl
3. Electric Mixer

10 inch Bundt pan


Directions:

1. In large bowl, combine sugar, butter and cream cheese
2. Beat on medium speed until well blended
3. Add eggs one at a time
4. Add egg white
5. Continue to blend
6. Add flavoring (vanilla, almond or coconut)
7. (If using blueberries, use two tablespoons of flour and lightly toss with blueberries)
8. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and yogurt to sugar mixture
9. Blend on low speed until combined then mix on medium for 1 – 2 minutes
10. (if using blueberries, fold them in)
11. Pour into greased Bundt (or loaf) pan
12. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes
13. Cool for 10 minutes then loosen sides from the pan
14. Cool for another 15 minutes and remove from pan and place on wire rack
15. Prepare glaze and drizzle over warm cake

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Going to leave this one at 3 stars, though it is on the border between 3 & 4. Paula has shown us that Pound Cake can be delicious, and once you glaze it...Yummy.

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