Triple-Ginger Pound Cake
- 3 1/2cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 2 1/2teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups milk (do not use low-fat or nonfat)
- 1/2 cup minced crystallized ginger
- 3 1/2 tablespoons grated peeled fresh ginger
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Grease two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
- Sift flour, ground ginger, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy.
- Add eggs and yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Mix dry ingredients and milk alternately into batter.
- Fold in crystallized ginger and grated ginger.
- Divide batter between prepared loaf pans.
- Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes.
- Cut around pan sides to loosen cakes.
- Turn cakes out onto racks; cool completely.
- (Can be prepared up to 1 month ahead.
- Double-wrap cakes with plastic; freeze.)
flour, ground ginger, baking powder, salt, sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, egg yolks, vanilla, milk, ginger, fresh ginger
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/triple-ginger-pound-cake-104052 (may not work)