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Pound Cake with Grand Marnier-Poached Apricots

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Pound Cake with Grand Marnier-Poached Apricots

Pound Cake with Grand Marnier-Poached Apricots

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Pound Cake with Grand Marnier-Poached Apricots a try. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 762 calories, 7g of protein, and 42g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours. Head to the store and pick up grand marnier, granulated sugar, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 325°F. Butter and flour pan.
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Whisk salt, cream of tartar, cardamom, and 3 cups flour in a medium bowl.
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Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat 2 cups butter until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low and gradually add superfine sugar. Increase speed to high and beat until very light and creamy, 6–8 minutes longer.
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Add eggs 1 at a time, beating to blend between additions. Beat in cream and vanilla. Reduce speed to low; gradually add dry ingredients, mixing until mostly combined. Finish mixing with a rubber spatula just until combined. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
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Bake cake, rotating halfway through, until top is golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 70–80 minutes.
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Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cake cool completely before turning out.
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DO AHEAD: Cake can be baked 3 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature.
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Bring Grand Marnier, granulated sugar, and 2/3 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.
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Add apricots and ginger, reduce heat to low, and simmer gently until apricots are very soft, 20–25 minutes.
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Let cool.
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Remove ginger just before serving.
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Serve cake with apricots and syrup and whipped cream.
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DO AHEAD: Apricots can be poached 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In3 hrs
Servings12
Health Score3
Vegetarian
DietsLacto Ovo Vegetarian
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