Apple Cider Pound Cake Recipe
2013-11-26 16:02:29
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
1 hr 10 min
Ingredients
- 3 cups sugar
- 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
- 6 Eggland's Best Eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
ICING
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir together all dry ingredients; set aside. Combine cider and vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with cider mixture to batter. Mix until well blended. Spoon into a greased 10-in. angel food cake pan or fluted tube pan.
- Bake at 325° for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. While cake is warm, drizzle half of icing over cake. Serve remaining icing over individual cake servings if desired. Yield: 12-16 servings.
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