Anise Pound Cake

Submitted by ellie_

"Very rich pound cake is wonderful cut into very thin slices and topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream or with Fresh Peach and Blueberry Compote recipe#37332. Recipe source: Coyote Cafe."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 10inch cake

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 tablespoons anise seeds, ground
• 5 eggs
• 2⁄3 cup sour cream (I use light)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
2. Grease and flour 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
3. (I use the wrappers from the butter to grease pan) In a small bowl sift together flour and salt and then set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar, vanilla and anise seed.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
6. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream to mixture and beat well.
7. Pour into prepared pan.
8. Bake for 1 hour or until cake is golden and springs back when touched with fork.

Reviews

[Rita1652]

Yes very rich and delish. I skip one stick of butter just couldn`t put it all in. I enjoyed the anise flavor.

 

[mianbao]

This is a lovely cake. I cut the recipe in half to make one loaf in a 5 1/8 cup loaf pan, but retained all the recipe's ingredients and proportions. Thank you very much for this recipe.