Vanilla Bean Pound Cake With Sour Cream Ice Cream And Strawberries Recipes

VANILLA BEAN POUND CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM ICE CREAM AND STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 10-inch diameter angel good cake pan. Place butter and 1 teaspoon lemon peel in large bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean and beat until smooth. Gradually beat in 2 1/3 cups sugar. Whisk eggs and yolks in medium bowl to blend. Beat egg mixture into butter mixture in 4 additions. Beat in vanilla extract and salt. Sift flour over in 3 additions, mixing just to blend after each
• Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 15 minutes. Cut around pan sides. Turn cake out; turn right side up on rack and cool completely. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Wrap in plastic; let stand at room temperature.)
• Toss berries, powdered sugar and remaining 4 teaspoons lemon peel in large bowl to blend. Let stand at least 30 minutes, or cover and chill up to 3 hours.
• Serve cake with strawberries and Sour Cream Ice Cream.

VANILLA BEAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a food processor, grind vanilla bean and sugar until vanilla is as finely chopped as it can get, about one minute. Sift this mixture twice, making sure all larger pieces have been filtered out. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer, then gradually add the vanilla sugar, continuing to beat until well creamed and smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the flour and salt, beating constantly. Add the vanilla and lemon juice and continue beating until well blended.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or bundt pan. Pour in the batter and ''spank'' the bottom of the pan to distribute the batter evenly. Bake until a straw inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes, taking care not to overcook. Turn cake out onto a rack and let cool.