Classic Pound Cake + {Mother's Day Giveaway}

Congratulations, Tatertot374! You are the winner of How To: Simplify's Calphalon Bakeware Giveaway! I e-mailed you with instructions on how to claim your prize!

Thank you to all who participated in the giveaway! I had so much fun learning about your favorite desserts that you like to bake. I hope you enjoy following How To: Simplify and all of the tips, tricks and recipes that are shared to help simplify life in the kitchen!

Happy Mother's Day!

The other day I was at the store when I came across a tube pan that I knew I had to buy. Having never owned a tube pan in the past, I've never had the opportunity to bake with one so I was excited to give it a try.

I started researching different cakes and desserts that I could prepare with it and that's when I stumbled upon a recipe for a classic pound cake in the most recent issue of Southern Living Magazine. I fell in love with the recipe almost immediately because it was right in line with being simple and easy to prepare. It required only six ingredients and six steps to create this buttery, from-scratch dessert. Plus, I already had all of the ingredients on hand!

Originally, the name "pound" was given to these cakes because they required one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, one pound of sugar and one pound of flour. Today, the proportions can be slightly different in some recipes but the result resembles the original: a rich, moist and buttery cake with a lovely golden crust.

Classic Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 3/4 cup milk
• 6 large eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Place flour, sugar, butter, milk, eggs and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat at a low speed for one minute, stop to scrape down the sides and beat again for an additional two minutes.
3. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan and smooth.
4. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a long pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
6. Remove from pan to wire rack and cool completely (1 hour).

* Recipe adapted from Southern Living Magazine 

{Mother's Day Giveaway}

To celebrate my new love for tube pans, I'm hosting a Mother's Day Giveaway! Celebrating Mom and hosting a giveaway? I fall more and more in love with this giveaway every minute, especially since I know that it will result in delicious, mouth-watering treats that family and friends will enjoy. Here's what you'll win:

• Calphalon Nonstick Tube Cake Pan (10-inch)
• Calphalon Nonstick Bakeware Set (6 pieces); Set includes:
• Two 8-inch round cake pans
• One 10x15-inch cookie sheet
• One 9x13-inch cake pan
• One 12-cup muffin pan
• One medium loaf pan

All you have to do is let me know what tasty treat you love to bake. It's that simple!

Rule:

1. Leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. EST May 8, 2010 telling me what you love to bake for a chance to win this Calphalon tube pan and Calphalon bakeware set! Please be sure to leave your e-mail address so that I can contact you if you're the winner!

Bonus Entries:

1. Follow How To: Simplify on Twitter and tweet the following: "Visit http://bit.ly/d1Iq9y and share what you love to bake for a chance to win Calphalon bakeware from @HowToSimplify!" Be sure to leave a link to your Twitter post in a comment.
2. Become a fan of (or "like") How To: Simplify's Facebook page and share this with your own Facebook friends: "Visit http://bit.ly/d1Iq9y and share what you love to bake for a chance to win Calphalon bakeware from How To: Simplify!" Be sure to leave a comment letting me know that you did this.
3. Share information about this giveaway with your own blog readers. Just remember to leave me a separate comment sharing the link to your post.
4. Subscribe to How To: Simplify via email or RSS feed. New subscribers only.

To recap: In addition to leaving a comment on this post, you also have four bonus entries, giving you a total of five possible entries. Please remember to leave me a separate comment for each additional action you take (shared on Twitter, shared on Facebook, shared on blog, subscribed via email or RSS feed).

This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST May 8, 2010. One winner will randomly be selected on May 9, 2010 (Mother's Day). This giveaway was sponsored by How To: Simplify and is in no way affiliated with Calphalon.

If you are reading this entry via email updates or RSS reader, please visit How To: Simplify to enter. Unfortunately, emailing How To: Simplify is not a valid entry for this giveaway.
 

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