The Best Pound Cake

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1994

SERVES8 - 10

TIME2 hours, plus 2 hours cooling

The Best Pound Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a pound cake recipe that was moist and soft on the one hand but also dense, light, and rich on the other, we discovered a secret: lightly beating the eggs in a bowl and then adding them by the tablespoon to the creamed butter and sugar....

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