Honey Vanilla Pound Cake

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I am an experienced baker. I saw Ina make this recipe and couldn't get it out of my head. Invited neighbors with new baby over. Made the cake. Tasted batter: outstanding. Thank goodness I tasted the cake--SALTY! Thankfully, neighbors cancelled till weekend so I have time to make one of my trusted King Arthur Flour recipes. I have never made one of Ina's recipes before. After consulting Joy of Cooking, AB's More Food and Cooking Light, I am wondering if the baking powder and salt measurements were transposed; maybe they should be 1 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp kosher salt? Other recipes used 1/4 to 1/2 tsp table salt for a 10" tube pound cake. Also, I was surprised at the small amount of honey used. This cake was bland as well as salty. I was thinking of trying Ina's chocolate cupcake recipe but now probably won't. I would give this recipe no stars if I could.

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Couldn't believe how easy this was to make, and how delicious it turned out! Everyone in the family loved it so much that they wanted me to make another one the next day! I did add the insides of one vanilla bean to the batter for extra flavor, and an optional lemon drizzle for everyone to use or not on the side (of course it was used! Fabulous recipe Ina, glad I saw a rerun of this show to get the inspiration for this wonderful pound cake!

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I'm sorry Ina. I love every recipe of yours I have made, but on this one I had the same problem as some other people with the center not baking completely and the edges and bottom starting to burn. The parts that were done tasted very good though.

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I am a HUGE fan of Ina. She usually has wonderful recipes. However, I have been making pound cakes for 50 years and this is the worst cake I have EVER made. It was dry and tasteless. I was astounded to read positive reviews of this recipe. I lowered the baking temperature to 335 degrees since my oven cooks a little fast and also reduced the baking time. The batter tasted great, but the cake was awful. This is the FIRST pound cake recipe I have ever seen that you did not add any liquid such as milk or sour cream. This was so disappointing. I was making this for an anniversary. I am so disgusted that I am going to Starbuck's and buy a lemon poundcake. They are MOIST AND DELICIOUS!

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Yummy! Sweet and flavorful - a step up from your basic pound cake with the honey and lemon zest. Delicious with homemade whipped cream and/or fresh berries!

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Outstanding...very easy...great flavor. I made it on Saturday, took it to a friend's house...everyone loved it. I made another on Sunday, neighbors came for dinner...had it with a little strawberry ice cream and strawberries. Toasted a couple of slices this morning...GREAT.

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This was the worst pound cake ever!!! It was dry and it was not even baked for the recommended time. The batter was delicious but once it hit the oven it went downhill from there. I would never recommend this receipe to anyone and as for the cake I hope the rodents outside enjoy it because that is where it is going; straight into the garbage! Sorry Ina

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my first pound cake...very easy and delish! I baked mine for longer than 50 min and came out perfect! I like the fact that it's not too sweet.

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I ended up leaving the pound cake in the oven for 60 minutes and it turned out fine. The pound cake turned out moist and it was dense. After reading some of the reviews, I decided to use 3 tbsp. of honey instead of 2 tbsp., but I still couldn't taste the sweetness from the honey. I will definitely be making this pound cake again, but I'll try it with orange zest instead of lemon zest.

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Tasty, but I might have cooked it too long as it was a little dry. After 55 minutes at 350 degrees, the center was still wet. Next time, I'll remove it from the oven anyway and see if it cooks a little as it cools. I used a mixture of lemon and orange zest.