pound cake for dessert

pound cake used to be made by using a pound of all the ingredients, hence it's name. but now we don't need the biggest cake ever. we can do with a little version. 

this is my fall twist on regular pound cake. it's not different at all except i use braised cranberries and pumpkin seeds on top. fancy.

1 1.5 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

1 cup butter, softened

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

.25 cup lemon juice

1.5 cup cranberries

.5 cup toasted pumpkin seeds (remember you pumpkin soup?!)

mix dry ingredients.

cream butter and sugar. add eggs, one at a time. add vanilla.

add dry to wet in small batches. 

add lemon juice. 

pour into a well greased loaf pan. 

bake at 350. 

check the cake at 30 minutes. if the knife comes out clean, take it out. 

if not, keep checking every ten minutes until it's been an hour. it should be done by then. 

(i don't know if it's the crookedness of my kitchen or the way my oven leans but my loaf took 30 minutes...)

in the meantime get your cranberries and your extra 1/3 cup of sugar and start braising. put both in a lidded sauce pan on low heat. there's not liquid now but the cranberries will make some. let that cook for a while. 

get your pumpkin seeds and if you haven't already toasted them, do so. spread them out on a sheet pan, drizzle with olive oil and salt. bake at 350 with the pound cake in there until crispy. 

check on your cranberries, stirring all the time so it doesn't burn. 

once the cake is done. take out of the oven and turn the pan on it's side to cool. that will make it easier to get the loaf out. even if you fill the whole thing up with butter it'll still want to stick. something about those sassy pound cakes that don't want to do what they're supposed to. 

now you can add them all together. 

serve a slice of pound cake and drizzle the cranberry sauce on top. sprinkle with few seeds. ta da! fabulous dessert. 

a good pound cake is something that you should know because it can be fancy and good moist cake is always a hit, whatever you put on it. 

happy new year everyone. 

love,

keighty