Apple Cider Pound Cake
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Delicious.
Ingredients
| 3 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 6 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
allspice
ground |
* |
| ½ | teaspoon |
nutmeg
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
cloves, ground
|
* |
| 1 | cup |
apple cider
|
* |
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Icing | |||
| ½ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
butter
or margarine |
|
| ¼ | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
* |
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir together all dry ingredients; set aside.
Combine cider and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients alternately with cider mixture to batter.
Mix until well blended.
Spoon into a greased 10-inch angel food cake pan or fluted tube pan.
Bake at 325℉ (160℃) for about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until cake tests done.
Meanwhile, combine all icing ingredients in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
While cake is warm, drizzle ⅓ of the icing over the cake.
Serve remaining icing over individual cake servings, if desired.
