This time, I can’t even blame the appliances. Just my choice, perhaps, of recipe… or utensil.
Brent’s mom, Jeannine, had bravely invited all the Johnson clan to her house for a mini-reunion.
“What can I bring?” I asked, innocently.
“Your barbecue beans. And a pound cake. And could you make another dessert?”
“Suuuuuure,” I said. Never made a pound cake before, but how hard can it be?
I found a few thousand recipes online, and chose one with lots of comments like “foolproof,” “easy and delicious,” and “can’t go wrong!”
I rummaged my Mom’s old Bundt pan from the cabinet, hosed it down with cooking spray, and dusted it with flour.
Several minutes and half a dozen eggs later, I was ready to pour batter into a 10-inch tube pan. Hm. I’m sure this pan will be fine…
Into the oven, set the timer for an hour-plus, and go about my business.
Cool for ten minutes in pan, then remove and cool completely on wire rack.
To be safe, I used a narrow silicon spatula to loosen the cake from the sides of the pan.
Results?
4th and long… I’d better Bundt
At least the pumpkin-chocolate chip cookies turned out well.
Oh, and lookie what I later found in the box that the Bundt pan had come in. Teflon, apparently, was the latest thing… when the pan was new and I was in, like, first grade.
It won’t happen again, though. I’ve purged the pound cake recipe from my files.
Next time: Oreos.
Thanks for reading,
Jan
Jan C Johnson, Writer 
You do have fun in the kitchen!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Don’t give up! I make pound cake in loaf pans, super easy. It really is worth the time 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Um, is the batter supposed to be the consistency of Cool Whip?
LikeLiked by 1 person
That seems a little light, usually after a pound of butter its a little denser than that. Have you ever made an Ina Garten recipe? Her lemon pound cake is very tasty and extremely easy. You can find it on the food network if you are interested, I could send you the link if have trouble finding it 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
My batter was dense-ish, but too stiff to “pour.” Instead I had to “plop” it into the pans.
The name Ina Garten sounded familiar… sure enough, I have one of her Barefoot Contessa books. And there’s a pound cake recipe! I’ll have to tell you the rest of the story off the record…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Is it the lemon one? Go for it 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person