Mini Vanilla Bean Pound Cakes

Name: Mini Vanilla Bean Pound Cakes
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves: 8 to 10
Ingredients: vanilla beans; bean; superfine sugar; eggs; milk; pure vanilla extract; cake flour; unsalted butter; salt; baking powder; bleached all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Serves:
8 to 10

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Rose's Heavenly Cakes

By Rose Levy Beranbaum

Published 2009

About

Brushing these little vanilla cakes with vanilla Cognac syrup extends their shelf life, making them ideal for holiday gifts. Be sure to let them sit for twenty-four hours before slicing as the flavor mellows, becoming less sweet, and the syrup penetrates more evenly.

Ingredients

Batter

	Volume	Ounce	Gram
2

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Plan Ahead

Make the cakes at least 1 day ahead.

Preheat the Oven

Twenty minutes or more before baking, set an oven rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C.