Almond Pound Cake
This Almond Pound Cake recipe makes one 10" (angel food cake pan size). This can also be made in two loaf pans. For the trifle recipe, you will need about 1/2 recipe, or the equivalent of a 12 ounce loaf.
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 sticks butter room temperature
- 7 ounces of almond paste crumbled
- 2 3/4 cups of sugar
- 6 large eggs lightly beaten with a fork
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Sift dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.
- In a mixer, cream together butter and almond paste. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Add eggs, 2 at a time in 3 separate additions, until incorporated. Add milk and almond and vanilla extracts.
- Gradually add flour just until mixed, do not over mix.
- Pour into a lightly greased and floured 10" tube pan, (angel food cake pan)
- Bake for approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Cool. Then invert pan and remove cake.