Million Bucks Pound Cake

Name: Million Bucks Pound Cake
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1 pound butter, room temperature; 3 cups granulated sugar; 6 large eggs; 4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more, to taste, for dusting a pan; 3/4 cup whole milk or 2% milk; 1 teaspoon almond extract, optional; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Vegetarian Oven Gastro-Pub

Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Yield: 16 servings

About

It's amazing that something so seemingly humble could be worth a million bucks. But trust us, once you bite into it, this cake won't seem so humble... in fact, it'll seem like a gold mine! This Million Bucks Pound Cake is literally golden, too. It's a buttery and tender treat that practically sparkles with richness. You can let your tastebuds enjoy the wealth that is the Million Bucks Pound Cake in an instant!

Ingredients

1 pound butter, room temperature
3 cups granulated sugar
6 large eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more, to taste, for dusting a pan
3/4 cup whole milk or 2% milk
1 teaspoon almond extract, optional
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Grease and flour a 10x4-inch, 12-cup tube pan.

Step 3 -In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and the sugar until well-incorporated.

Step 4 -Add the eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, and beat between each addition until well-incorporated.

Step 5 -Alternate slowly adding 4 cups of the flour and the milk to the batter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour, and mix after each addition until blended.

Step 6 -Stir the almond extract and the vanilla extract into the batter.

Step 7 -Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Step 8 -Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 25 minutes.

Step 9 -Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack, about 20-30 minutes.

Step 10 -Invert the pan and transfer the cake onto a serving tray.

Step 11 -Serve.

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