Old-Fashioned Pound Cake

3cups all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

3teaspoons baking powder

12 teaspoon salt

2cups butter, softened

12 cup low-fat milk

1teaspoon vanilla

1teaspoon almond extract

6 eggs

Combine dry ingredients in mixer bowl. Add butter, milk, vanilla, and almond extract. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to STIR Speed and mix about 1 minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed 6 and beat about 2 minutes. Stop and scrape bowl.

Turn to Speed 2 and add eggs, one at a time, mixing about 15 seconds after each addition. Turn to Speed 4 and beat about 30 seconds.

Pour batter into greased and floured 10" tube pan. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Remove cake from pan.

Yield: 16 servings.

Per serving: About 419 cal, 5 g protein, 44 g carb, 25 g fat, 143 mg chol, 378 mg sodium.

VARIATION

Double Chocolate Pound Cake

Add 12 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder to dry ingredients. Reduce butter to

1 cup. Increase milk to 1 cup. Omit almond extract. Prepare as directed above. Bake at 325°F for 1 hour 20 minutes.

Chocolate Glaze

Melt 1 square (1 oz) semisweet chocolate and 1 teaspoon shortening in small saucepan over low heat, stirring to blend. Drizzle over cake.

Yield: 16 servings.

Per serving (cake and glaze): About 390 cal, 6 g protein, 55 g carb, 18 g fat, 99 mg chol, 289 mg sodium.

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KitchenAid 9708307C manual Old-Fashioned Pound Cake, Double Chocolate Pound Cake, Chocolate Glaze

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