Recipe for Rum-Raisin Pound Cake
from Bon Appétit, March 1995
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups brown raisins
- 2 1/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 7 tablespoons dark rum
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons whipping cream
Procedure:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fareinheit.
- Butter and flour 12-cup Bundt pan.
- Toss raisins with 2 tablespoons flour in small bowl. Combine remaining
flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light.
- Add 1 2/3 cups sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Adding eggs 2 at a time, beat after each addition until well blended.
- Beat in 6 tablespoons rum and vanilla.
- Mix in flour mixture, fold in raisin mixture and spoon batter into
prepared pan.
- Bake cake until top is golden and tester inserted near center comes out
clean, about 1 hour.
- Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes.
- Turn out cake onto rack and cool completely.
- Stir powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon rum in bowl until smooth; mix in
cream and spoon over cake.
- Let stand until glaze is set, about 30 minutes.
Serving:
This recipe makes 12 servings.
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