Sweetness by the Pound: A Pound Cake Recipe from Street Treats

CakeSpy Note: Street Treats, a mobile dessert truck in Seattle, recently sent this interesting story and recipe via their newsletter--very fun to see the process behind their recipe development! This was written by the Street Treats team:

We are often asked: How do you find recipes? We are constantly coming up with ideas and testing. We search for recipes from a variety of sources. We make those recipes as written. Then, 99.9% of the time, we make many modifications to the original recipe to decide on the perfect taste.

Recently, we had some of our wholesale clients asking for quick breads or pound cake. I found this pound cake recipe from my grandmother. My grandmother was a great cook! I can still smell her cooking as I write this. She had a real sweet tooth, like myself.

 Nana's pound cake recipe

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1 t lemon rind *optional
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 cup margarine *butter is best
• 8 oz pineapple or mandarin yogurt or sour cream
• 3 eggs

Procedure

Combine all ingredients blend on low speed, then on medium speed for three minutes.  Pour into 12 cup bundt pan or tube pan. 325 degrees for 60-70 minutes.

For more information about Street Treats or to follow them around Seattle, visit their website!

Comments

[Amy G.]

oooo... pineapple yogurt on the ingredients list - sounds moist and seductive. I will be making this cake this week!!

[Maureen]

Nana and I would have gotten along just fine. This cake sounds really good. I'm going to give it a try and I'll tell everyone it's Nana's Pound Cake. :)

[Sarah]

Thanks for sharing this, it looks very straightforward. I love the idea of putting flavoured yoghurt in it!

[Sha]

This sounds good! I wish we had cute trucks selling awesome desserts 'round these parts : /