Cinnamon Swirl Pound Cake Loaf Recipes

Steps:

• Position oven rack in the center of oven; preheat oven to 325°; grease the inside of a 10-inch bundt pan; dust the pan with flour.
• To make the cinnamon swirl: in a small bowl, whisk the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt together; break up any large clumps of brown sugar.
• Add in melted butter and stir until blended and crumbly.
• To make the pound cake: sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom into a bowl; whisk to combine; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed until very creamy, about 2 minutes.
• Gradually add in the sugar; beat at med-high speed until well blended and light, about 4 minutes.
• On medium speed, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Beat in the vanilla extract and orange zest.
• On low speed, add the dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk in two additions and mixing just until combined.
• Scrape half the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it into an even layer.
• Sprinkle the streusel mixture evenly over the batter; scrape the remaining batter on top and smooth it into an even layer.
• Bake the cake for 65-75 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Invert cake onto the rack, turn cake right side up, and cool completely.
• Dust cake lightly with powdered sugar just before serving.

Steps:

• Cake.
• Preheat oven to 325 °F. Grease an 8 ½ by 4 ½ inch loaf pan and dust lightly with flour, tapping out excess.
• Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and lemon zest and add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. In a separate bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add half of the flour to the butter mixture, blending gently to incorporate. Stir in sour cream, then blend in remaining flour. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
• Topping.
• For topping, combine all ingredients to blend and sprinkle on top of cake. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, until a tester inserted of the canter of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 20 minutes before turning out to cool completely.