Black History Pound Cake recipe
Celebrate Black History Month with this vibrant pound cake, featuring symbolic black, red, yellow, and green colors beautifully swirled into the glaze and cake batter.
Servings: 20 people
Ingredients
- Pound Cake Ingredients:
- 4 c All Purpose Flour
- 4 c Granulated Sugar
- 2 c Unsalted Butter - room temperature
- 10 Large Eggs - room temperature
- 1 ½ c Buttermilk - room temperature
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsps Almond extract
- 2 tsps Vanilla extract or Vanilla bean paste
- Black, Red, Yellow and Green gel food coloring
- Glaze Ingredients:
- 2 c Powdered Sugar
- 2-4 tbps Whole Milk - room temperature
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract or Vanilla bean paste
- ½ tsp Almond extract
- Black, Red, Yellow and Green gel food coloring
Instructions
- Pound Cake Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 315 degrees.
- Using a hand or stand mixer, beat the butter together then slowly add in the granulated sugar. Mix on medium speed until creamy (approximately five minutes).
- Add the almond and vanilla extracts.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix in the flour 1 c at a time, on low speed, until combined alternating with the buttermilk. Start with the flour and end with the flour.
- Divide the batter equally into four separate bowls. Add 2-4 drops of the black food coloring to one bowl. Repeat the process in the separate bowls with the red, green and yellow food coloring.
- Spray an 18-cup bundt pan with baking spray.
- Black is our dominant color, so start by pouring the black batter into the pan and spreading it evenly. Then, add the red batter and spread it evenly. Follow with the yellow batter, and finally, add the green batter, spreading each layer evenly as you go. (Watch the video for clarity)
- Bake for about an hour and 30 minutes (or longer if needed). The cake is done once an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for about 20 minutes before removing it from the pan. Allow the cake to continue to cool completely before adding the glaze.
- Steps to make the Pound Cake Glaze:
- Add the powdered sugar to a bowl. Slowly add in your milk until your desired glaze consistency is reached. (Add extract if you like. I simply forgot to add it this time, but the cake was still good without it lol).
- Pour the glaze into four separate bowls, dividing it evenly. Add 2-4 drops of the black food coloring to one bowl. Repeat the process in the separate bowls with the red, green and yellow food coloring.
- Then pour the glaze on your cooled pound cake as desired. (I first added the black glaze and allowed it to set for about 10 minutes. Then I added the green, yellow, and red glaze to the edge of the pound cake in three separate sections. Watch the video for clarity.)
- Slowly add in your milk until your desired glaze consistency is reached. Then pour the glaze on your cooled pound cake as desired.
- Serve and enjoy once the glaze has set.
Video
Notes
- Recommended tools and equipment:
- Mile High Bundt Pan (this pan is needed for this volume of recipe)
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
- Basting Brush
- Gel food coloring
- Four Bowls
- Silicone Spatula
- Oven Thermometer
- Cake Keeper
- Measuring Cups and Measuring Spoons