Recipe: Apple Cider Pound Cake

Apple Cider Pound Cake
(12 servings)

3 c Sugar
1 1/2 c Butter or Margarine
6 Eggs
3 c Flour; All-Purpose
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking Powder
1 ts Cinnamon; Ground
1/2 ts Allspice; Ground
1/2 ts Nutmeg; Ground
1/4 ts Cloves; Ground
1 c Apple Cider
1 ts Vanilla Extract

ICING:
1/2 c Sugar
1/4 c Butter or Margarine
1/4 c Buttermilk
1/2 ts Vanilla Extract
1/4 ts Baking Soda

In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir together all dry ingredients; set aside. Combine cider and vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with cider mixture to batter. Mix until well blended. Spoon into a greased 10-inch angel food cake pan or fluted tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until cake tests done. Meanwhile, combine all icing ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. While cake is warm, drizzle 1/3 of the icing over the cake. Serve remaining icing over individual cake servings, if desired. YIELD 12-16 servings.