Correct Buttermilk Pound Cake has the correct butter, sugar, eggs, and flour ratio for a once-in-a-lifetime recipe You'll bake this simple bundt cake for years since it always turns out perfectly.
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Ingredient
– 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature. (3 sticks, or 12 ounces)– 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, (12.5 ounces)– 6 large eggs, at room temperature (12.5 ounces, weighed in their shell)– 1 Tbsp vanilla extract– 1 tsp baking powder– 1/4 tsp salt– 1/2 cup cultured buttermilk, room temperature, or at least not cold– 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour, (12.5 ounces)– powdered sugar , for dusting
Ingredient
Warm the oven up to 350F. Butter and flour a normal bundt pan that is 9 to 10 inches in diameter. Make sure that everything is at room temperature.
Step 1
Step 1
Instructions
Scrape down the sides twice as you cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer for 5 minutes. They should become airy and fluffy. You can utilise electric beaters.
Step 2
Step 2
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well and scraping down. Continue beating for 2-3 minutes! (A lot of thrashing, but it will pay off.) Now your batter should be silken.
Step 3
Step 3
Add extract, baking powder, and salt to a low mixer.
Blend buttermilk and flour alternately, starting and ending with flour.
Step 4
Step 4
Mix until no dry flour remains; finish by hand. Be sure to include all the butter from the bowl's bottom.
Step 5
Step 5
Smooth the batter in your pan. Bake for 20 minutes, then, without opening the oven door, lower the temperature to 325F and bake for 25–30 minutes until the top is domed and springs back.
Step 6
Step 6
A centre toothpick should not have wet batter on it. Don't insert your toothpick directly into a crack; insert diagonally. To avoid overbrowning, I loosely tent the cake at the end.
Step 7
Step 7
Your baking time may vary because your oven or pan may be different from mine.
Step 8
Step 8
Let the pan cool on a rack for 15 minutes, then loosen edges using a flexible spreading knife before inverting.
Step 9
Step 9
Cool thoroughly on rack. Sprinkle powdered sugar.
If you slice your cake before serving, it may dry out.