Mexican Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Generously grease and flour pans (see description above).
• Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• Place the butter and sugars in mixer bowl, fitted with paddle if possible, and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down sides of bowl before each addition.
• Add half the flour mixture and beat well, then add the milk, coffee and vanilla.
• Scrape down sides and add remaining flour mixture. Beat well.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Transfer to oven and bake until cake pulls away from the sides, and tester comes out NOT QUITE clean, about 50-55 minutes for bundt pan, 45 minutes for 9x5, and 40 minutes for 8x4's. These times are not exact -- they may take up to 15 minutes longer!
• Cool for 20 minutes in pan, then invert on rack. Cool to room temperature.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease and flour 2 small loaf pans (8 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches). In a large bowl, with an electric beater or mixer, combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat until blended. 2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a wooden spoon or flexible rubber spatula, stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture just until combined. 3. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pans. Bake about 25 to 28 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a rack to lukewarm, about 10 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pans and cool completely. Serve at room temperature. Store, well-wrapped in plastic, at room temperature, up to 5 days, or freeze wrapped and secured in a sealed freezer bag for 3 months.From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.