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Elvis Presley's Favorite Pound Cake




Elvis.. Elvis.. I love u long time .. hahaha

This recipe is good… scarily good. I say scary because I could seriously eat the entire thing by myself in a very short period of time! hb loves the aroma and taste of cranberry in this pound cake..  

So heres the deal.. yes u hv to sift the flour 3 times (worth ur effort) dont worry abt the amt of sugar it uses (gv u that crunchy top) .. the eggs.. yup this recipe uses 7 eggs (doesnt taste eggy at all).. and yes u dont hv to preheat ur oven before baking..

Follow the recipe to the tee or you can play around with the extracts.. u can combine 3 types of extracts if u like.. lemon, vanilla and almonds extracts .. i decided to use 2tsp of vanilla and 1/2tsp of cranberry extract .. superb combination!! and oh the next time i bake this cake, i will reduce the temp to 175C simply cos my oven is still a virgin hahhaa (cake turned brown after 20mins into baking, had to cover with aluminium foil after 40mins into baking)

This cake is intensely rich, moist and smooth.. yummy!!



Ingredients
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for buttering pan
3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring) plus additional for dusting
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups sugar
7 large eggs, at room temperature 30 minutes
2 teaspoons vanilla (i used 2tsp of vanilla and 1/2 tsp of cranberry extract)
1 cup heavy cream



Method
Put oven rack in middle position, but do not preheat oven.

Generously butter pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess flour.

Sift together sifted flour (3 cups) and salt into a bowl. Repeat sifting into another bowl (flour will have been sifted 3 times total).

Beat together butter (2 sticks) and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes in a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment or 6 to 8 minutes with a handheld mixer. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add half of flour, then all of cream, then remaining flour, mixing well after each addition. Scrape down side of bowl, then beat at medium-high speed 5 minutes. Batter will become creamier and satiny.

Spoon batter into pan and rap pan against work surface once or twice to eliminate air bubbles. Place pan in COLD oven and turn oven temperature to 190C. Bake until golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in middle of cake comes out with a few crumbs adhering, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Cool cake in pan on a rack 30 minutes. Run a thin knife around inner and outer edges of cake, then invert rack over pan and invert cake onto rack to cool completely.



Source: Epicurious

Elvis has left the building ;op

6 comments:

SurayaCoghlan said...

Cantik kan pattern ni..aisey..bila la i nak buat bundt cake lagi..hehehe..

Rima said...

LOL.. memang cantik bangat hehhe.. eh i left u a msg kat ur bundt pan cake.. told u that i bought the same pan and that i wanna cfm if the soda u mentioned is actually baking soda

SurayaCoghlan said...

eh ye ke..i tak perasan..sorry! yg blog tu i lupa nak letak notification bila org tinggal msg.a'way, aah i pakai baking soda, dalam buku resepi tu tulis macam tu..tak tau lah kalau soda water ke..haha..tapi i dah buat ok je..so must be baking soda la tu! eh, sedap tau kek tu..u must try..rasa dia lemak2 manis. Use fresh milk yg Australian cow punye tau..hahaha.

Rima said...

Oh ok.. will gv it a try.. and ok ok i will go and look for the australian cow punya milk hahha

Yan said...

Rima, mengikut firasat sifu lah, if i sub the heavy cream with thickened cream (without added gelatine) 35% fat content, leh ke?

Rima said...

Mengikut firasat patek.. why not gv it a try lah.. i sub whipping with double cream.. heavy cream with double cream.. hardly use thickened cream tho so why not gv it a go..

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Hi.. I am a SAHM to 2 kiddoes..19yr old boy n 2 year old girl.. met my Austrian hubby here in Singapore and hv been living here all my life... my love for baking started when i was 6mths preggie to my daughter, Sonia... my addiction to baking has not stop eversince.. I hope to learn as much as i can abt baking and decorating and then share it with u along the way..