Easy Almond Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan or small square pan (8"x8").
• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Beat in the almond extract and the water.
• Stir together the flour, ground almonds and baking powder.
• Stir this into the wet ingredients.
• Pour evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes for a loaf pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the square pan, or in either case until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Beat just until combined., Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve with raspberries and whipped cream if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and almond extract.
• Beat at low speed with electric mixer until moistened.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in almonds with a spoon.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool in pan for 25 minutes.
• Invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, blend together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Add to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Stir in the extracts and beat until smooth.
• Butter the sides and bottom of a bundt pan.
• Press almonds against sides.
• Pour batter into the pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan 10 minuts then remove from pan and cool on a rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Get all ingredients to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating for 1 minute between each egg. I sometimes mix the eggs and add slowly to the mixture.
• Add the entire bottle of Almond Extract and the vanilla and beat until well mixed.
• Add flour and milk, beginning and ending with the flour. I add 1 cup flour, then 1/2 cup milk, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup milk, 1 cup flour.
• Pour into a bundt pan, prepared with Bakers Joy.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. NOTE: this also makes great layers, reduce baking time to 45 minutes if you choose this method.
• Homemade Cream Cheese Icing makes this delicious cake even more yummy!

Steps:

• Butter and flour 2 (9 x 5 x 3-inch) loaf pans and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• With an electric mixer cream the butter with 1/4 cup of the sugar and beat until it looks light and fluffy. Add the almond paste a bit at a time and continue to beat until the mixture looks light and fluffy. Add the yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in the vanilla.
• Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form. Add the remaining sugar, a tablespoonful at a time, until the egg whites are stiff but not dry. Fold one quarter of the beaten whites into the butter/almond paste mixture, then fold that lightened mixture back into the remaining egg whites, sprinkling and adding in flour as you fold. Add melted chocolate, cutting through the batter with rubber spatula to marble the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake; the cakes should be golden brown and pull away from sides of the pan. Let them set in the loaf pans for 15 minutes. Run a sharp knife around the edges and loosen the cakes onto a rack to cool completely.
• Take remaining almond paste from can, stir in the grated orange zest and some whipped cream or even sour cream to make the mixture looser; fold in remaining whipped cream and use as a topping with sliced and sugared strawberries or raspberries.
• Layer some cake slices in the bottom of a loaf pan; sprinkle with liqueur and top with fruit and whipped cream. Repeat with another layer at least, ending with cake on top. Cover and refrigerate until cake is moistened.
• Combine cocoa, heavy cream, butter and sugar in a saucepan. Over low heat cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Drizzle glaze over slices of almond cake topped with ice cream. Store remaining glaze in covered jar, in the refrigerator for several weeks; reheat to boiling before reusing.
• Yield: about 3 1/2 cups

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter, cream cheese, and Splenda. Add eggs, one at a time, making sure each one is incorporated before adding the next. Mix in baking powder. Add almond flour a little at a time while beating. Add vanilla extract.
• Pour into a greased 9 to 10-inch springform pan or 9-inch round cake pan and bake for 50-55 minutes.
• Serves 12.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine slivered almonds, 1/3 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and milk in a small saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until butter is melted and mixture is smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove topping from heat.
• Combine 1 1/2 cup flour, cream of tartar, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat 3/4 cup softened butter and almond paste in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup white sugar and continue beating until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating 1 minute after each addition; stir in lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture and beat until batter is just mixed, about 1 minute more; pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon flour evenly over batter. Spoon the topping over the flour layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a bundt or tube pan.
• Combine the cake mix, pie filling, almond extract, and eggs in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly by hand until well moistened. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool on rack for 15 minutes; invert cooled cake onto serving plate. Cool completely.
• Whisk together the confectioners' sugar and 1/4 teaspoon almond extract in a small bowl. Add drops of water until glaze is drizzling consistency. Spoon glaze over cooled cake.