Almond Pound Cake
The Only Almond Pound Cake Recipe You'll Need
Ingredients
- ¾ cup of butter room temperature
- 1 ½ cups of granulated sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- ½ cup of whole milk
- 1 teaspoon of almond extract
- 1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
- ½ cup of almond flour
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- ¾ teaspoon of baking powder
- Optional: turbinado 2-3 packets of Sugar in the Raw, or demerara sugar for the top of the pound cake - a crunchy sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line and spray a loaf pan with parchment paper
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high for 5 minutes, until very light and fluffy. I set a timer for 5 minutes and let my machine run. Once the butter/sugar is combined, scrape down the bowl, add in your eggs, milk, and almond extract, and mix to combine for about 30 seconds.
- In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt. Add in the dry ingredients in thirds.
- Pour into the prepared pan and pop into the oven.
- Bake for 1 hr.
- Let cool and serve!
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