Skip the fat and calories of thick frosting! All that’s needed for pound cakes is a simple dusting of powdered sugar.
Almond-Poppy Seed Pound Cake
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 30 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 3 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup poppy seed
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 6 eggs
- Powdered sugar, if desired

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease bottom and side of 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 2 loaf pans, 9x5x3 inches, with shortening; lightly flour.
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Step2Beat all ingredients except powdered sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
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Step3Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Turn pan upside down onto wire rack or heatproof serving plate; remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Nutrition
430
Calories
23 g
Total Fat
7 g
Protein
50 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 430
- Calories from Fat
- 205
- Total Fat
- 23 g
- Saturated Fat
- 11 g
- Cholesterol
- 150 mg
- Sodium
- 570 mg
- Potassium
- 120 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 50 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 7 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 14%
- 14%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 12%
- 12%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
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