Pound Cake

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WHY CAN'T I GET THE COMPLETE RECIPE OF ALTON BROWN'S POUND CAKE ? IT SHOWS ONLY PART OF THE INGREDIENTS AND NO OTHER INSTRUCTIONS?
I HAVE LOST THE RECIPE AND AM TRYING TO GET AN OTHER COPY.

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So I tried to make this cake for a pot luck party and it turned out awesome. I did add some mango chunks into it for a more fruity flavor. I decided to ice it with some mango buttercream frosting (chef bobby flay's recipe to make it extra special! It came out nice soft, really delish! But what the heck is this crack all about? I didn't have it on mine!

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Let me try to offer some help. First for Danny, unbleached cake flour is a completely different chemical makeup of bleached cake flour. You would never use olive oil in a brownie recipe that called for veg. oil, but theyre both oils right? No, it doesn't work like that in baking. As for measuring and weighing, you must follow what that one person writing the recipe tells you to do. If you need to weigh than weigh, if you can't follow the recipe as written,than pick another recipe, or you'll be sorely dissapointed. There are rules in baking that must be followed, using room temp butter, or room temp eggs if called for taking the temp. of your baked goods, if you are looking for easier recipes where you do not need to be this committed there are ones, or just use a boxed cake mix. Otherwise, invest alil in a thermometer, a scale , a few things that will change your baking forever.

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I followed the recipe exactly but two things happened- I never got the classic crack in the middle and when I cut the cake, after it cooled, the slices were not a uniform colour, some areas were light yellow and others were dark yellow. The darker yellow areas appeared to be heavier than the light yellow areas.

Can anyone suggest what went wrong even though the cake was absolutely yummy?

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This was the best ever pound cake I've ever had! It reminded me of the madeline cookies that I get at the store!

I followed Alton's recipe word for word, but I did weigh my eggs since they were extra large and I only needed 8.

I made this pound cake on Friday evening, and served for dessert on Sunday. I put fresh cut strawberries and fresh homemade whipped cream on top, and it was a HUGE hit with my family. Everyone loved it. There wasn't anything left on anyone's plate!

I will make this again and again! It would be a great thing to bake before a camping trip to take with you since it lasts so long.

This recipe is definitely a keeper!

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I really enjoyed this cake. I did a cake flour replacement since I didn't have any and it came out nice and dense. Topped it with an orange pineapple juice reduction with fresh pineapple and whipped topping. Yum!

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Remember, that this is a "pound" cake, and a pound is a weight measurement not a volume measurement like a Cup. Most baking is done with volume measurements, but that is not the case for this recipe. For instance a cup of lead, would weigh a lot more than a cup of water, in this case we want a pound of flour, which does not equal two (volume cups.

You really do have to weigh the ingredients here.

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Followed this recipe to the letter. Weighed the ingredients. Beat the batter for the recommended times and at the stated speeds. Incorporated the eggs one by one. Used an instant thermometer to test for doneness. What I got was an odd textured cake that was neither sweet nor moist enough for my taste. It looked great (just like Alton's but the result was disappointing.

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" Didn't weigh ingredients, didn't use correct ingredients ( cake flour, didn't use correct pans, didn't use the correct cooking temperature, didn't follow the recipe" And THEN " the cake didn't turn out very wel" LOL

I found this Pound Cake to be easy and tasty, but then I did follow the recipe.
We found the cake to develop a deeper flavor the next day.

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The intrigue of the TV episode made me go right and buy all the ingredients for this cake. I enjoyed making the cake, but it disappointed me on taste. I expected a more buttery taste, but nope. I even bought a kitchen scale as to not depend on measuring cups.