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Title: Anise Hyssop Pound Cake
Yield: 1

Ingredients

      3 c  cake flour; sifted
  1 1/2 ts baking powder
    1/8 ts salt
      1 c  butter
  1 1/2 c  granulated sugar
      1 ts vanilla
      3    eggs
    1/2 c  milk
  1 1/2 tb anise hyssop blossoms;
           -snipped fresh
      1    or
  1 1/2 tb licorice basil; snipped
           -fresh
      1    or
  1 1/2 tb lemon thyme; snipped fresh
      1    or
  1 1/2 tb nasturtium blossom; snipped
           -fresh
      1    powdered sugar; sifted

Instructions

Grease and flour the bottom and sides of a 10-inch tube pan or a 10-inch
fluted tube pan. Set aside. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together cake
flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat
butter, granulated sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium
speed till well combined. Add the 3 eggs; beat till the mixture is light
and fluffy. With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture alternately with
milk, beating after each addition. Fold in anise hyssop blossoms. Spoon
the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in a 350o oven for about 40
minutes or till a wooden toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Cool the cake on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Loosen sides of cake from
pan. Remove cake from pan and cool completely. Sift powdered sugar over
cake. Makes 12 servings.

Note: As a rule, you can substitute 1 teaspoon dried herb for 1 tablespoon
fresh.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 4259 Calories (kcal); 204g Total Fat; (42% calories from fat);
49g Protein; 565g Carbohydrate; 1074mg Cholesterol; 3107mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 17 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0
Fruit; 39 Fat; 20 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: Midwest Living Magazine

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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