How About an EXCELLENT Pound Cake Recipe?

Ok... all of us here at Azu have a sweet tooth. We've become addicted to the amazing baking from our co-worker Ava. She spoils all of us with the unbelievable ability to turn the most simple of recipes into a flawless, melt-in-your-mouth, divine experience. We recently tasted Ava's pound cake and we all thought we were going to fall out of our chairs! Moist, buttery, moist, sweet, moist... did I say moist? Anyway, Ava has agreed to share the recipe with all of us. Don't panic when you read the ingredients. Remember, it's a pound cake! Enjoy.

Ava's Southern Pound Cake

3 sticks salted butter

8 ounces cream cheese

3 cups granulated sugar
6 large eggs (separated)
2 teaspoons real vanilla
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease one bundt pan or tube pan (recipe will fill two regular loaf pans). Separate the eggs. Cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy (make sure your butter and cream cheese are at room temperature before creaming). Add egg yolks one at a time. Add vanilla. Fold in flour. Whip egg whites until fairly stiff and fold them into the batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out dry. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cooled.


Wouldn't it be great to have some fun, summer plates to serve your pound cake to your friends and family? How about these cute, set of four frog plates from Azu? Four designs, one of each color in the set. Check them out at www.azuhome.com!