Culinary Institute of America

Old-Fashioned Pound Cake

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    cakes ( 1 lb 10 oz each)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Baking & Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft
Baking & Pastry

By Culinary Institute of America

Published 2015

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Ingredients

Ingredient U.S. Metric
Salt 1½

Method

  1. Coat the loaf pans with a light film of fat and line with parchment paper.
  2. Sift together the salt, cake flour, cornstarch, and baking powder.
  3. Cream together the butter and sugar with the paddle attachment, starting on low speed and increasing to medium speed, for 5 minutes.
  4. Combine the lemon zest with the eggs and add to the creamed mixture