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[Katcat1]

Watching the Golden Globes and rather bored so I decided to make 1/2 recipe of a vanilla pound cake by Martha Stewart. 

Vanilla Pound Cake (1/2 recipe)        Full Recipe

1/2 c butter                                        1 c butter

1/2 c sugar                                         1 c sugar

1 c flour                                               2 c flour

2 eggs                                                  4 eggs

1 t vanilla (I use Mexican vanilla)         2 t vanilla

1/4 salt                                                  1/2 t salt

cream butter with sugar beat on low; add eggs one at a time, beat low; add flour beat low and add vanilla and salt beat low.  

for full recipe double butter, sugar, four eggs, vanilla & salt.  325 in greased loaf pan.  1 hour test with toothpick.  I am going to check after 40 minutes since I am making the above 1/2 recipe.  Once it cools, I will have a cup of decaf coffee and slice of cake.   

[hopi]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

Watching the Golden Globes and rather bored so I decided to make 1/2 recipe of a vanilla pound cake by Martha Stewart. 

Vanilla Pound Cake (1/2 recipe)

1/2 c butter

1/2 c sugar

1 c flour

2 eggs

1 t vanilla (I use Mexican vanilla)

1/4 salt

for full recipe double butter, sugar, four eggs, vanilla & salt.  325 in greased loaf pan.  1 hour.  I am going to check after 40 minutes since I am making the above 1/2 recipe.  Once it cools, I will have a cup of decaf coffee and slice of cake.   

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Wish I had your energy that sounds delish....

Cannot tolerate  award shows and last night appeared  worse..

that being said I have not had a homemade pound cake in years

.... love pound cake.... that had to be a bit of heaven.

Watched Lisa Robertson tv and my ended up with a plate of with 5 dates, 10 ritz crackers and 2 english muffins with butter.

Not pregnant did not realize what I had a taste for  was at  @Katcat1's house.

[In-x-s]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

Watching the Golden Globes and rather bored so I decided to make 1/2 recipe of a vanilla pound cake by Martha Stewart. 

Vanilla Pound Cake (1/2 recipe)

1/2 c butter

1/2 c sugar

1 c flour

2 eggs

1 t vanilla (I use Mexican vanilla)

1/4 salt

for full recipe double butter, sugar, four eggs, vanilla & salt.  325 in greased loaf pan.  1 hour.  I am going to check after 40 minutes since I am making the above 1/2 recipe.  Once it cools, I will have a cup of decaf coffee and slice of cake.   

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@Katcat1How did it turn out?  Now you've made me hungry for pound cake!  What size pan did you use for the 1/2 recipe?  I do have a couple of small loaf pans probably 1/2 size I could do this in.

[hayseed00]

I'm going to make this tomorrow, I have a bag of frozen berries in the freezer that I'm going to thaw and serve with the cake !!!!!!

[Katcat1]

@In-x-s  I think the full recipe would be better in a regular loaf pan.  It was good  (I have made better) but I had a taste for something sweet.  I made it in a stoneware loaf pan that it a little smaller than a tin loaf pan.  I edited my original recipe to include the measurements for the full recipe.  

[software]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

Watching the Golden Globes and rather bored so I decided to make 1/2 recipe of a vanilla pound cake by Martha Stewart. 

Vanilla Pound Cake (1/2 recipe)        Full Recipe

1/2 c butter                                        1 c butter

1/2 c sugar                                         1 c sugar

1 c flour                                               2 c flour

2 eggs                                                  4 eggs

1 t vanilla (I use Mexican vanilla)         2 t vanilla

1/4 salt                                                  1/2 t salt

cream butter with sugar beat on low; add eggs one at a time, beat low; add flour beat low and add vanilla and salt beat low.  

for full recipe double butter, sugar, four eggs, vanilla & salt.  325 in greased loaf pan.  1 hour test with toothpick.  I am going to check after 40 minutes since I am making the above 1/2 recipe.  Once it cools, I will have a cup of decaf coffee and slice of cake.   

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I considered making my pound cake, I usually have a house full on Sundays but DS was sick and the gang all stayed home.  So I took a vacation day, LOL

My recipe is 3 sticks of butter (I use Blue Bonnet margarine), 3 cups of sugar, 6 eggs, then 3 cups of flour, 1 T of vanilla and 1 t of almond extract.    It goes into a big tube pan.    I can also make it in 2 small bundt pans.   I've never tried to half it. 

My recipe makes the best crunchy crust ever.

I'm  hungry for pound cake now!    Wish I had made it.

I have made it with butter but to my taste it's just as good with the Blue Bonnet.

I don't do award shows, I was watching Breaking Bad marathon & knitting.

[hopi]

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@software wrote:

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@Katcat1 wrote:

Watching the Golden Globes and rather bored so I decided to make 1/2 recipe of a vanilla pound cake by Martha Stewart. 

Vanilla Pound Cake (1/2 recipe)        Full Recipe

1/2 c butter                                        1 c butter

1/2 c sugar                                         1 c sugar

1 c flour                                               2 c flour

2 eggs                                                  4 eggs

1 t vanilla (I use Mexican vanilla)         2 t vanilla

1/4 salt                                                  1/2 t salt

cream butter with sugar beat on low; add eggs one at a time, beat low; add flour beat low and add vanilla and salt beat low.  

for full recipe double butter, sugar, four eggs, vanilla & salt.  325 in greased loaf pan.  1 hour test with toothpick.  I am going to check after 40 minutes since I am making the above 1/2 recipe.  Once it cools, I will have a cup of decaf coffee and slice of cake.   

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I considered making my pound cake, I usually have a house full on Sundays but DS was sick and the gang all stayed home.  So I took a vacation day, LOL

My recipe is 3 sticks of butter (I use Blue Bonnet margarine), 3 cups of sugar, 6 eggs, then 3 cups of flour, 1 T of vanilla and 1 t of almond extract.    It goes into a big tube pan.    I can also make it in 2 small bundt pans.   I've never tried to half it. 

My recipe makes the best crunchy crust ever.

I'm  hungry for pound cake now!    Wish I had made it.

I have made it with butter but to my taste it's just as good with the Blue Bonnet.

I don't do award shows, I was watching Breaking Bad marathon & knitting.

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@software

Do you think the Blue Bonnet gives it the crunchy crust?

I have read and seen other recipes calling for margarine.

You deserve a vacation day.

[software]

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@hopi wrote:

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@software wrote:

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@Katcat1 wrote:

Watching the Golden Globes and rather bored so I decided to make 1/2 recipe of a vanilla pound cake by Martha Stewart. 

Vanilla Pound Cake (1/2 recipe)        Full Recipe

1/2 c butter                                        1 c butter

1/2 c sugar                                         1 c sugar

1 c flour                                               2 c flour

2 eggs                                                  4 eggs

1 t vanilla (I use Mexican vanilla)         2 t vanilla

1/4 salt                                                  1/2 t salt

cream butter with sugar beat on low; add eggs one at a time, beat low; add flour beat low and add vanilla and salt beat low.  

for full recipe double butter, sugar, four eggs, vanilla & salt.  325 in greased loaf pan.  1 hour test with toothpick.  I am going to check after 40 minutes since I am making the above 1/2 recipe.  Once it cools, I will have a cup of decaf coffee and slice of cake.   

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I considered making my pound cake, I usually have a house full on Sundays but DS was sick and the gang all stayed home.  So I took a vacation day, LOL

My recipe is 3 sticks of butter (I use Blue Bonnet margarine), 3 cups of sugar, 6 eggs, then 3 cups of flour, 1 T of vanilla and 1 t of almond extract.    It goes into a big tube pan.    I can also make it in 2 small bundt pans.   I've never tried to half it. 

My recipe makes the best crunchy crust ever.

I'm  hungry for pound cake now!    Wish I had made it.

I have made it with butter but to my taste it's just as good with the Blue Bonnet.

I don't do award shows, I was watching Breaking Bad marathon & knitting.

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@software

Do you think the Blue Bonnet gives it the crunchy crust?

I have read and seen other recipes calling for margarine.

You deserve a vacation day.

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I don't think so

The original recipe calls for butter, but the name of the recipe is crusty pound cake

I think it's the large amount of flour & eggs.

??

I'm no baker.  I'm an eater, LOL

[house_cat]

@Katcat1

Thank you for sharing the recipe. If there's a better aroma than a pound cake baking in the oven, I don't know what it is.  It must be a cat thing, because I make a poundcake almost every weekend.  My DH is so thin, the doctor tells him to gain weight and one thing he loves is pound cake. He'll eat a couple of slices each evening and by the end of the week it's time to bake another.  This week I made a sour cream/blueberry pound cake, but his all time favorite is this marble one of Martha's.  I'm sorry but I'm too lazy tonight to type it all out.

[In-x-s]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

@In-x-s  I think the full recipe would be better in a regular loaf pan.  It was good  (I have made better) but I had a taste for something sweet.  I made it in a stoneware loaf pan that it a little smaller than a tin loaf pan.  I edited my original recipe to include the measurements for the full recipe.  

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I don't think there's any such thing as a bad pound cake LOL!  Thank you for the recipe.  I did not get around to making the half one today (did get so far as to take the butter out this morning though )