GMA Recipe: Pound Cake

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Pound Cake
From chef and author Emeril Lagasse
June 25, 2004

Emeril Lagasse brings you this basic pound cake that is a basis for many great desserts or great simply on its own on Good Morning America.

Ingredients

2 sticks plus 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, softened

2 cups plus 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar

4 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 9x4x3-inch baking pan with 1 teaspoon of butter, then lightly flour with 2 teaspoons of the flour. Sift the remaining 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl, and set aside.

Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and cream on high speed. Add the dry ingredients to the bowl, alternating with the eggs, beating on low speed, and scraping the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla and beat until just incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake has risen, is golden brown on top, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Remove the cake from the oven and let it rest in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

Makes 4 servings