I hope that everyone who celebrates had a nice Easter. In our house, it's like most other holidays, an excuse for a good meal and dessert. I nailed the good meal part (ham, rice, fresh asparagus, buttermilk biscuits) but the dessert was an utter failure. It was my first attempt at pound cake, and very discouraging. I don't know if I got a bad recipe, or if the cheap butter I used was an issue, or if I simply did something wrong, but all that work and it went right in the trash. The cakes (I used two loaf pans and had doubled the batter) were greasy, heavy, and, oddly, had turned a dark color on the inside with an unpleasant, almost nutty flavor. Trust me, they were gross...and after all that work!
Another thing about making the doomed cakes (as well as all the other cooking I did) was what it's done to my back. For some reason when I spend long periods of time standing at my kitchen counters and sink, my back will sometimes hurt like hell afterwards. * Earlier in the day I'd spent a few hours working in the garden, then I came in and stood working in the kitchen for about 5 more hours. By bedtime my back was already getting stiff and sore, and when I got up yesterday morning it was worse. Last night I merely coughed one time, and my back went into such painful spasms that it made me gasp out loud. I'm lucky to have refills on muscle relaxers, and since I'm off it doesn't matter that they make me tired. I'm hoping it resolves before the rest of my time off is gone, though!
*I got a bad pulled muscle at work years ago, and my back hasn't been the same since.
5 comments:
I can't even imagine what caused your pound cakes to come out like that.
I surely hope your back starts to behave itself. Standing can indeed cause pain.
I'm so sorry you are in pain with your back. I know if I stand in my kitchen too long (making holiday dinners or baking, ahem) my back is killing me. Spasms are the worst. I hope you are feeling better.
I bought a lemon pound cake mix at Walmart and it was delicious. Everyone raved over it. I am pretty sure it is the same mix my daughter bought and her cake was misshapen and weird. I have no advice. What a disappointment though.
It sounds to like it was more of an egg issue than a butter issue; the yolks give it the color and help with the texture.
A recipe for disaster. I love it! But sorry about the disaster and, especially, about your back.
I've never made a pound cake so have no advice to offer on this. Too bad it was a wasted effort!
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