Cake Recipes
Ginger Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup Half-and-Half
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter (room temperature
- 6 eggs (room temperature)
- 1 cup candied ginger, cut into 1/4 inch dice
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9 x 5 1/2 inch loaf pans. Line bottom with wax paper; butter paper. Lightly flour pans and paper.
- Sift 2 cups flour with baking powder.
- Combine Half-and-Half and vanilla extract.
- Beat sugar and butter in large bowl of electric mixer until light and fluffy, scraping sides as necessary.
- Reduce speed to low and beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Blend flour mixture and Half-and-Half alternately into batter, beginning and ending with flour. Increase speed to high and beat just until smooth.
- Toss ginger with remaining 1/2 cup flour. Fold into batter.
- Divide between prepared pans, smoothing tops with spatula. Tap pans lightly on counter top, eliminating
air pockets.
- Bake until cake pulls away from sides of pans and test inserted in centers come out clean about 1 hour.
- Cool in pans on racks 30 minutes.
- Unmold cakes and cool completely on racks.
- Wrap tightly in plastic and refrigerate overnight before using.
Notes
Cakes can be refrigerated up to one week or frozen for 1 month.