Poundcake and almost-spring
Wasn't last weekend magical around here? My kids had a fantastic time feeding the ducks, visiting Baltimore's tulip park (where of course the tulips aren't in flower yet), and climbing our Japanese maple.
I celebrated by making this Cottage Cheese Poundcake from our Recipe Finder column. (Part of the fun of making it was watching the afternoon light play over the cake as it was cooling in the pan...)
If you haven't read the column, do check it out: It's a personal look at the hunt for a long-sought recipe, an angle too easily lost in the world of easy Internet recipe hunting.
This recipe was sent in by Nancy Simmons of Salisbury, N.C. I'm reprinting it here...
Cottage-Cheese Poundcake
(Serves 16)
3 cups sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup cottage cheese, sieved
2 cups sugar
6 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla
confectioners' sugar
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a 9-inch bundt pan. Sift flour and baking soda onto wax paper. Using an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine and cottage cheese until smooth and creamy. Slowly beat in 2 cups sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time. Beat in orange rind, vanilla and flour mixture until well blended.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gently fold the beaten whites into cake batter. Spoon batter into prepared pan, smoothing top evenly. Bake for 1 1/2 hours or until top springs back when pressed lightly. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.
Per serving: 318 calories, 7 grams protein, 14 grams fat, 8 grams saturated fat, 43 grams carbohydrate, 1 gram fiber, 111 milligrams cholesterol, 105 milligrams sodium. Analysis by registered dietitian Jodie Shield.
(Photo by me)
Comments
This looks amazing. I bet the cottage cheese makes and keeps this cake moist. I will be making this over the weekend and can't wait since I love poundcake. Thanks too for the per serving analysis.
Posted by: Linda | March 10, 2009 10:38 AM
This weekend was fatastic. I can not wait until Spring finally comes. Even Monday felt great although it was a little cooler and the winds were blowing.
The pound cake resume seems great, so I will have to try it. I love pound cake because it is basically the only type of cake I will eat.
Posted by: Megan Pittman | March 10, 2009 3:12 PM