Paula Deen'S Strawberry Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup butter, softened
    2 cups sugar
    5 large eggs
    1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 cup sour cream
    3/4 cup chopped fresh strawberries
    sweet pink glaze (recipe follows)
    1 cup powdered sugar
    2 tablespoons milk
    1 drop red food coloring
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2\") loaf pans.
    Using an electric mixer, beat butter at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts.
    In a small bowl, combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until combined. Stir in sour cream and strawberries. Divide mixture evenly between prepared pans. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Spoon Sweet Pink Glaze over warm cake, let stand 1 hour; remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.
    Sweet Pink Glaze:
    1 c powdered sugar.
    2 tbsps milk.
    1 drop red food coloring.
    In a small bowl, combine all ingredients, stirring until smooth.

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