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Award-winning Mascarpone Pound Cake is a dense, buttery, and moist pound cake recipe with a fine, tender crumb and a brown, crusty outside and top.
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Award-winning Mascarpone Pound Cake
Mascarpone Cake is rich and
I started this series onreviewing Pound Cake recipesbecause pound cakes are my most favorite thing in the world to make. Pound cakes are delectable and unbelievably easy to make with a few basic tips. Overall, I’ve had very good feedback on this series which makes me really happy. I’ve enjoyed baking and testing all the pound cakes and sharing the recipes with you.
I have many Pound Cake recipes in my repertoire. I have Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe,Cream Cheese Pound Cake,Sour Cream Pound Cake,Greek Yogurt Pound Cake,Chocolate Pound Cake,Blue Ribbon Pound Cakeandthe list goes on and on.
My Pound Cakes Reviewed series has received rave reviews. Readers love heirloom, classic recipes.
With inspiration from a Cream Cheese Pound Cake, I substituted rich, creamy mascarpone cheese for the
I thought a pound cake with mascarpone would be good, but I never thought it would be one of my top five favorite pound cakes. It’s dense, buttery, moist, and has that wonderful crispy, crusty top. Additionally, it’s sweet without being overly sweet.
Award-winning Mascarpone Pound Cake pairs well with fresh or grilled fruit. It’s good with ice cream,fruit sauce,and whipped cream. Also, trycaramel sauce. My favorite is still warm and plain.
Coincidentally, one of my other favorite pound cake recipes is theAmaretto Pound Cakethat I shared earlier with you.
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- Butterroom temperature, salted or unsalted,I use this
- Solid vegetable shorteningI use this
- Mascarponeroom temperature
- Largeeggsroom temperature
- Granulated white sugar
- All-purpose flourrecommended
- Pure vanilla extractI use this
- Butter extract
- Almond extract
Mascarpone Pound Cake
- *PLEASE NOTE – Cooking times vary depending on if your oven is calibrated (read How to Calibrate your Oven here.), if you use a light or dark pan, and if your oven is dirty or clean (yes, a dirty oven affects cooking time.) Test your cake before the recommended time and every 5 minutes after. I’ve made this cake over and over,if your caketurns out dry, you’ve baked it too long.
- As well, measure carefully, especially the flour. How do you measure flour? To correctly measure flour, first
sift the flour. Then using a spoon or scoop lightly scoop flour out of its container into a measuring cup. Continue filling the cup until it is overflowing, then using the back of abutter knife level the flour. Scooping the measuring cup directly into the flour to fill can result in up to 25% more flour than lightly spooning the flour into the measuring cup. More flour in a recipe will make it dense and dry. - Use good quality ingredients and real butter!Read some of the differences in name-brand and store-bought ingredientshere.
- Allow your eggs,
butter , and any cold ingredients to come to room temperature before mixing. - Finally, I always use salted real
butter in my pounds cakes. It’s a personal preference. You can use either salted or unsaltedbutter . - My favorite pan for baking pound cakes is this Tube Pan.
HOW TO MEASURE FLOUR CORRECTLY
Measure all the ingredients carefully, especially the flour.
How do you measure flour?
To correctly measure flour,first,
Award-winning Mascarpone Pound Cake
Award-winning Mascarpone Pound Cake is a dense, buttery, and moist pound cake recipe with a fine, tender crumb and a brown, crusty outside and top.
Author: Paula
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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour 18 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 33 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 slices
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter room temperature, salted or unsalted, I use this
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening I use this
- 8 ounces mascarpone room temperature
- 6 large eggs room temperature
- 3 cups granulated white sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour recommended
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract I use this
- 1 teaspoon butter extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
Coat a 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan with solid vegetable shortening, then sprinkle with granulated sugar. Or, spray with cake release, my favorite!
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter, shortening, and mascarpone until smooth.
Add sugar and beat until fluffy, mixture will lighten in color slightly.
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Slowly add flour to mixture and combine.
Add vanilla, butter, and almond extracts and combine.
Spoon batter into prepared pan.Bake 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean or with ‘dry’ crumbs.
Allow to cool on the countertop on a wire rack 15 minutes before inverting on a serving tray. Cool completely before covering.
Cake can be stored in an air-tight container on the counter-top for 3 to 4 days or refrigerator for one week.
Nutrition
Calories: 487kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 124mg | Sodium: 141mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 668IU | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg
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