" I ’ll be baking this one again and again . "
If you’re 1) online and 2) love food, chances are you’re on top of most TikTok and Instagram food trends. There was thebaked feta pasta; thelemon possets; the “feel better"pastinasoup (all of which are delicious).
But if you ask me, the hottest food trend is happening over on ther/OldRecipessubReddit right now. The group, who share retro recipes with one another,was introduced toa family cream cheese pound cake recipe by useru/_PopsicleFeettwo months ago — and Redditors haven’t stopped baking it since.
" 3 cups ( 390 g ) cake flour
3 cups ( 600 g ) sugar
8 oz ( 227 g ) pick high mallow
1 cupful ( 2 sticks or 227 gigabyte ) butter
6 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
Cream butter and emollient cheeseflower together till fluffy . append dough , eggs then flour . vex well after each add-on . Add vanilla last .
Bake [ in a ] cold oven [ at ] 325 ° F ( 163 ° degree centigrade ) for 1½ hr .
Grease [ the tin ] with shortening and then flour [ before putting the batter in it ] . "
Whileu/aylagirl63found that a tiny part of the cake was “underdone,” they agreed this was probably due to over-beating the ingredientsor over-filling the tin. However, despite a slightly-less-baked section in “a small part at the inside bottom edge” of the cake,they said, “Still tastes divine! I’ll be baking this one again and again. The crunchy parts are YUM!”
Meanwhile,u/MayaMiaMefound that it was “more moist than I thought it would be,” adding, “The cake is out of this world. Will be making it again and again.” They also shared that they added the zest of one lemon to the mix,and recommendedbanging the tin on the counter before releasing the cake to ensure it doesn’t stick.
Site useru/hikingbear_4said, “just baked the famous cream cheese pound cake and it came out perfect! So good. The crispy outer edges really make it the best… Definitely a must-try if you love pound cake!“They reckonedan angel cake tin was partly the secret to their success, as well as their own lemon cream cheese icing recipe, which I’ve copied below.
“I also made the cream cheese pound cake!“u/a_m_5_5shared,stating"I followed the recipe as written but cut back the sugar a little bit and added a teaspoon of salt. I also made some lemon curd to go with it since I had leftover egg yolks. The crispy edges are fantastic!”
u/ThatOneDudeFromIowahad the genius idea of turning the recipeinto cupcakes. “Same recipe, took about an hour to bake,” they said, adding that it made 24 cupcakes that were each “50% top crust.” Sounds like a pretty great idea, considering how many people have raved about this cake’s crunchy bits…
Gluten-free site useru/anarchisttiger, meanwhile, “used Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 gluten-free flour, cup for cup” and said “Beautiful! No notes!“They did say, though, that a sugar coat in the tin could have made the cake crispier and that they’d love to try it with some lemon zest (a recurring theme in these posts).
Lastly, there’s my personal fave — creative Redditoru/goodsirperry"made the cream cheese pound cake as a pineapple upside-down cake in 15-inch cast iron.“They shared their method: “I used melted butter and brown sugar on the bottom with the pineapple rings. Some of the caramelised sugar bits stuck to the skillet so I peeled them off and placed them back onto the cake, it’s ugly but eats good! Next time I’ll do the next-size-down skillet to get a taller cake.”
You can see lots (and lots, and lots) more Reddit try-outs throughthis “pound cake” search in the r/OldRecipes subReddit, but having scanned a lot of them now, here are some recurring themes I’ve noticed:
You really do have to part cooking this cake in a cold oven . Pre - heat the oven first will prevent that delicious crispy crust everyone get laid from forming quite as well as it would otherwise .
Lemon seems to go great with the formula ! you’re able to make some gamboge icing , let in some gusto in the batter , or pair it with a curd . I ’m certain other citrus fruits would go great as well — I ’d love to see a blood orange or even a coconut and linden version .
Tap the Sn against the counter once it ’s cooled to help release the cake .
I ’ve seen formula with angel patty / bundt tin , and I ’ve check them without . While theloaf tin adaptation add up out well , the bundt tin can seems to supply a bit more compaction IMO — if you have one , employ it . However , it does n’t seem to be ruinous if you do n’t .
A common - ish complaint with this bar is that it can run a little underdone . check that your cake atomic number 50 is large enough to contain all the batter , that your oven temp is correct , and that you do n’t over - beat the ingredients .
Thanks so much tou/_PopsicleFeetfor share their family formula in the first place , and to the awing masses ofu / OldRecipesfor partake in their diversion .
