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Five Flavor Pound Cake
SOUTHERN FIVE FLAVOR POUND CAKE RECIPE! MADE FROM SCRATCH AND FULL OF FLAVOR WITH A MOIST, FLUFFY CRUMB!
Course
cake, Dessert
Cuisine
American, southern
Keyword
5-flavor, browning recipe, how to make, pound cake
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
hour
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
40
minutes
minutes
Servings
10
people
Calories
Author
Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
1
cup
unsalted butter
softened
1/2
cup
butter-flavored shortening
3
cups
granulated sugar
5
eggs
room temperature
3
cups
flour
1
teaspoon
baking powder
1/2
teaspoon
salt
1/2
cup
half n half
1/2
cup
buttermilk
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1
teaspoon
butter extract
1/2
teaspoon
rum extract
Can add more if you really like rum flavor. I'm not a huge fan
1
teaspoon
lemon extract
1
teaspoon
coconut extract
FIVE FLAVOR GLAZE
1/2
cup
powdered sugar
sifted
1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1/2
teaspoon
butter extract
1/2
teaspoon
rum extract
1/2
teaspoon
lemon extract
1/2
teaspoon
coconut extract
1/2
teaspoon
milk
may need more
Instructions
Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside.
Preheat oven to 325 F.
In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
Add in eggs, one at a time, being sure to mix thoroughly after each egg. Set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients while alternating with the half n half and buttermilk. (Batter should be fluffy when done mixing)
Mix in extracts.
Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cake cool until pan is warm to the touch.
Remove cake from pan and allow to finish cooling on cooling rack.
When cake is completely cooled, drizzle on the glaze if using.
To make the glaze, combine powdered sugar, extract and 1/2 teaspoon of milk.
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