Pomegranate Wine Pound Cake

by Beth Paiva

Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
4 oz. butter (room temperature)
2 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
pinch of salt
1/2 cup pomegranate wine

Preparation

1. Spray and flour 1 Standard 9" Loaf Pan.

2. Preheat oven to 350.

3. Cream butter and sugar together for about 5mins.

4. Scrape down bowl and add eggs one at a time, cream together

5. Scrape down bowl and mix in buttermilk, vanilla, lemon juice, and pomegranate wine.

6. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients, baking soda, flour, and salt.

7. Scrape down bowl with wet ingredients, while mixing slowly add dry ingredients just until they come together.

8. Scrape down bowl and mix until everything comes together.

9. Pour in prepare loaf pan and bake for about an hour, Cake is done when you stick a toothpick in the center and it comes out clean.
   

taken from June 2011 newsletter