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Grandma Nelles Pound Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Divaliscious / All my dishes 2 months, 2 weeks ago Yup - another pound cake recipe - though this old fashioned recipe calls for less sugar and flour than I noticed in the 'already posted recipes' here, so I thought to share - very old recipe uses cake flour and 5 jumbo eggs in a slow oven (325 degree... More Prep:20m Cook:80m Servings:8	Divalisciou
	easy oldfashioned pound cake cake flour

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mishi

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bluewatera

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Ingredients

2-1/4 cups sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter at room temperature

1 cup white sugar

5 jumbo eggs (6 large) at room temperature

1-1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or 1 tablespoon brandy

mix master

greased loaf pan (9.5x5.5) or 9 inch greased tub pan

Directions

Preheat oven 325 degrees.

Sift flour, measure, add salt and sift again.

Cream butter under mixer and slowly add sugar.

Continue beating till super light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each egg added.

Add vanilla extract or brandy.

Add flour about 1/4 cup at a time (put mixer on medium or low speed) and add flour slowly till well incorporated.

Pour batter into greased pan of your choice.

Place pan with batter in preheated oven on middle rack in oven.

Let bake for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours in oven.

Let cool on counter, once cooled sprinkle with confectioner's sugar if you wish.

Seal in air-tight container or freeze to serve at a different time.

Alterations:

**Orange pound cake, add 1-1/2 teaspoon pure orange extract and 1 tablespoon orange zest after adding eggs.

**Coconut Almond Pound Cake: add an additional 1 teaspoon pure almond extract after eggs, then add slowly 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut that you have mixed up with the flour before adding it to the wet mixture.

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Comments

jett2whit 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Grandma Nelle knew her stuff! Pound cakes are always a good thing to have around. Especially when fresh strawberries are coming soon!!

oregongrandma 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I'm liking this! I'm going to give this a try soon.

mishi 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Great 5 rated recipe! Thanks so much for sharing it.

lunasea 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Yayy for Grandma Nelle - a great poundcake is a true, delicious and classic delight. Thank you, Leah!

bluewaterandsand 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
There is so much you can do to a pound cake so it is always a great one to have around. This one sounds delicious!

divaliscious 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Im making this now as we have a rainy day in NY.. need something extra comforting! Enjoy and thanks all for your lovely comments!

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Alterations

divaliscious 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
As I made this today (still baking as I type :-P) I noticed Nelle has two ways to make this - so I ended up doing your pound cake this way: Oven is at 325 degrees and separate eggs, beaten egg yolks separately till thick and light yellow. Beat egg whites separately till stiff but not dry. Add beaten egg yolks to creamed butter and sugar, then flour, then slowly add whipped egg whites.
Since I didn't have vanilla extract, I used the seeds of a vanilla bean and added lemon extract instead. smells and batter tasted fantastic!

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