I thought this would be weird. I thought it'd be a flop but everyone on the allrecipe website gave it great reviews so I gave it a whirl. I didn't have coconut extract so I substituted with almond. I think it would have been good either way. I loved this cake because the cake in and of its self was so sweet and yummy. I didn't make the glaze since I used it as a cupcake. Some reviews said the glaze was a bit much and I personally loved it layered with real whipped cream and sliced strawberries. Holy cow! SOOO good! I know I did this for valentines but I think with fresh strawberries it'd be perfect for Easter.
Ingredients
Cake
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups white sugar
5 eggs, beaten
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon rum flavored extract
1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
1/2 teaspoon rum flavored extract
1/2 teaspoon butter flavored extract
* 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan. In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Set aside. In a measuring cup, combine the milk and 1 teaspoon each coconut, lemon, rum, butter and vanilla extracts; set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and 3 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat until smooth. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
3. Bake for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours, or until cak
e tests done. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
4. Turn cake out of pan onto wire rack. Place waxed paper under rack to catch glaze drippings. Slowly spoon Five Flavor Glaze onto top of hot cake. Cool completely.
5. To make the Five Flavor Glaze: In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, water and 1/2 teaspoon each coconut, lemon, rum, butter and vanilla extracts. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
1 comment:
I just made this for the second time for a baby shower. I just put in the butter flavoring and vanilla extract and served it sliced with sweetened strawberries and whipped cream on top. It was perfectly luschious. All the ladies raved about the cake because it is just a simple pound cake but surprisingly yummy. I had made it before with all the flovorings but thought they were a little much. I could taste the alcohol from all that extract the first day and the next day all I could taste was the coconut which didn't go with strawberries. If you plan on eating it plain then put whatever flavorings you want and do the glaze with the same flavorings because the glaze does give it a nice little crunchy yet moist crust on the outside, but if you want to put anything on it like fruit or cream than leave that extra stuff out. This is definitely the recipe I will use if I ever want to make lb. cake.
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