Plain-vanilla pound cake is scrumptious, but try variations like Apricot, Raspberry Trifle, or Lemon Poppy Seed, and take this yummy comfort food to the next level.
[post_ads]If you’re not a lemon fan, pound cake recipes offer loads of variations. For example, you can whip up a cocoa-spice pound cake by omitting the lemon rind and lemon extract, replacing ¼ cup of the cake flour with ¼ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder, and adding 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of ground nutmeg, and ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves. Or try a rum baba pound cake: Start by adding 1 tablespoon of light rum to the batter along with the vanilla. While the cake is baking, bring ¼ cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of water to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove this from the heat and cool slightly before stirring in ¼ cup of light rum. Pierce the warm cake in several places (use a toothpick or a skewer) and drizzle evenly with the rum syrup.
Pound cake is great served on its own with coffee or tea, or brushed with liqueur and layered with pudding or custard for the classic English dessert known as trifle. It’s also terrific toasted or grilled, and makes a great dessert when topped with ice cream, sliced fruit, or a fruit-based sauce.
Try these exquisite, easy-to-prepare pound cake recipes, courtesy of the Rodale Recipe Finder.
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Traditional Pound Cake.
Here’s a classic pound cake recipe, made even moister with the addition of full-fat sour cream. Enjoy it as is or consider it the starting point for your own pound cake variations.#2:
Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake.
Fruit flavors add zest and interest to this simple cake, thanks to lemon and poppy seeds. Or, for something even more unusual, try an apricot pound cake.[post_ads_2]
#3:
Marble Pound Cake.
Unsweetened chocolate and almond extract make this marbled cake nutty, fudgy, and delicious.#4:
Strawberry-Banana Trifle.
Strawberries are the classic trifle fruit, but you can easily vary the fruit when making this dessert. Witness this raspberry version, which is equally delicious.#5:
