Pumpkin Pound Cake RecipeA nice
pound cake recipe to try !
INGREDIENTS
* 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
* 2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 21 teaspoon allspice
* 1 teaspoon nutmeg
* 8 ounces (1 cup) butter, softened
* 1 3/4 cups sugar
* 4 large eggs
* 1 pound (2 cups) pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
* 8 ounces (1cup) sour cream
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Spray 3 large loaf pans or 7-8 mini loaf pans with vegetable spray. Coat with flour and tap off excess.
3. In a large bowl, blend flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg with a whisk. Set aside.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Scrape the bowl.
5. With mixer on low, beat in eggs, one at a time until light and fluffy. Scrape again.
6. Add pumpkin, sour cream and vanilla. Beat and scrape.
7. Fold in flour mixture and beat on low until mixed well. The batter will be thick. Don't over mix.
8. Fold in walnuts and stir.
9. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake large pumpkin pound cakes at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or mini pumpkin pound cakes for 30 minutes, or until knife comes out clean.
10. Let pumpkin pound cakes sit in pans for 5-10 minutes, then tap and release and finish cooling on a wire rack. For best results, let cool completely before removing from pans.
11. Wrap cakes in heavy duty plastic wrap, and place in large Ziploc bags for longer freezer storage.
12. The pound cake recipe is ready to serve...nice !
