Old dominion pound cake
Old dominion pound cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 8 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped very fine
- Confectioners sugar
Recipe method:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter and flour a Bundt or tube pan.
- Separate the eggs.
- Sift the flour with the baking soda and 1 1/4 cups of sugar.
- Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and cream it well.
- Beat in the flour-sugar mixture by thirds, then beat in the lemon juice and vanilla extract.
- Beat in the egg yolks one by one, being sure each is absorbed before you add the next.
- In a separate mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy.
- Add the salt and the cream of tartar and continue beating until soft peaks form.
- Gradually beat in the remaining 1 cup of sugar, and continue beating until the mixture is glossy and holds stiff peaks.
- Fold the nuts into the flour mixture, and gently fold in the beaten egg whites.
- Turn the batter into the prepared pan and gently cut through the batter once or twice with a rubber spatula to break any large air bubbles.
- Bake the cake for 1 1/2 hours, or until a knife or wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Do not open the oven during the first hour of baking.
- Turn off the heat and let the cake sit in the hot oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove cake from the oven and let cool in the pan for 15 minutes more.
- Remove the cake from the pan and sprinkle lightly with confectioners sugar.
- Let cool thoroughly, then wrap tightly in foil.
- Serve in thin slices, with whipped cream, if desired.
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