Five Flavor Cake With Six Flavor Glaze

by Melody Thacker, in Baking, Recipes (3 Comments)

The popularity of cake recipes come and go but this five-flavor cake with six-flavor glaze has been a favorite for generations of families. It must be the delightful combination of lemon, coconut, rum, and vanilla that makes it so good. There’s nothing better than a tried and true five flavor pound cake recipe.

Ingredients for the Five-Flavor Cake:

• 1 cup/250 mL (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup/125 mL vegetable shortening
• 3 cups/750 mL sugar
• 5 eggs, beaten until lemon-colored
• 3 cups/750 mL all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Baking Powder
• 1 cup/250 mL milk
• 1 tsp/5 mL Coconut Extract
• 1 tsp/5 mL Rum Extract
• 1 tsp/5 mL Butter Extract
• 1 tsp/5 mL Lemon Extract
• 1 tsp/5 mL Baking Vanilla

Ingredients for the Six-Flavor Glaze:

• 1/2 cup/125 mL sugar
• 1/4 cup/60 mL water
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Coconut Extract
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Rum Extract
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Butter Extract
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Lemon Extract
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Baking Vanilla
• 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Almond Extract

Directions for the Five-Flavor Cake:

Cream together the butter, shortening, and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat until smooth. In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder; mix well and set aside. Combine milk and extracts. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon mixture into a greased 10-inch/25-cm tube (angel food cake) pan. Bake at 325°F/165ºC for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until cake tests done. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn cake out of the pan onto the wire rack, invert again. Place waxed paper under the rack to catch glaze drippings. Slowly spoon glaze onto top of hot cake and let glaze drizzle down sides of the cake. Let cool completely.

Directions for the Six-Flavor Glaze:

Combine all the ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.

Makes 12 servings.

(Source: the Watkins Co. where you can also find all these lovely flavors.) Just so you know, I’m an Independent Consultant so if you purchase through my link I’ll earn a commission. Thank you in advance. I’ve also included a printable version of the recipe below.

Let us know if you try Watkins 5 flavor pound cake with six flavor glaze!