Vanilla Bean Pound Cake with Sour Cream Ice Cream and Strawberries
- 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 5 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 2 1/3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 4 1-pint baskets strawberries, hulled, halved
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- Sour Cream Ice Cream
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- 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.
unsalted butter, vanilla bean, sugar, eggs, egg yolks, vanilla, salt, flour, baskets strawberries, powdered sugar, sour cream
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/vanilla-bean-pound-cake-with-sour-cream-ice-cream-and-strawberries-100160 (may not work)