Almond Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 3 1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• confectioners' sugar, to sprinkle on top
• 7 ounces almond paste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, blend together butter and sugar and almond paste.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 stir in the extracts and beat until smooth.
• 5 sift together dry ingredients.
• 6 add to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• 7 spray sides and bottom of two loaf pan.
• 8 scoop batter into the pan.
• 9 bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 let cake cool in pan 10 minutes then remove from pan and cool on a rack.
• 11 cut into slices and add fruit toppings and dust with powdered sugar if desired.