Spiced Pound Cake

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Spiced Pound Cake

 

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

5 medium eggs

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup molasses

1/2 cup sour cream

sifted powdered sugar

 

 

Cream butter and gradually add sugar, beating with an electric mixer at medium

speed until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Combine flour, baking soda and spices. Set aside. Combine molasses and sour

cream. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternating with molasses mixture,

beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each

addition.

 

Grease and flour 10 inch Budnt pan. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 325ºF for 1

hour until toothpick, inserted in center, comes out clean. Cool in pan 15

minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack. Sift powdered

sugar over cake.