25 or more servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
All-purpose flour
Sugar
Salt
Baking powder
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
Large eggs (Room temp)
Heavy cream (Room temp)
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Cake batter extract
Almond extract (Optional)
Tools you’ll need
Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray
Large hand or Stand mixer (For mixing large batters)
Old country kitchenware square tube cake pan (18 cup capacity)
Visit www.oldcountrykitchenware.com to purchase the pan if you like.
Preparation of ingredients
Dry ingredients (All-purpose flour mixture)
Step 1- Sift 4 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Heavy cream mixture)
Step 2- Add 1 and 1/2 cups heavy cream (Room temp), 1 tablespoon butter extract, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons cake batter extract, and 1 teaspoon almond extract (Optional). Stir all ingredients with a whisk until combined.
Cake batter
Step 3- Add 4 sticks unsalted butter (Softened), and 4 cups sugar into stand mixer bowl. Mix on a high speed for 6 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 4- Add 8 large eggs in one at a time while mixing on a medium speed. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 5- Add the all-purpose flour mixture and the heavy cream mixture into the batter 3 separate times. Mix on a medium-low speed each time for 15 to 20 seconds or until combined. After you add the last amount of the dry and wet ingredients in and mixed it together and the batter is not mixed together, stop your mixture, scrape down the sides of your bowl and manually mix the batter for 10 to 15 seconds. Afterwards mix the batter once again with the stand mixer for an additional 10 to 15 seconds or until combined.
Spray your square tube cake pan with the Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray
Preheat your oven to 325-degrees F.
Step 6- Pour your prepared cake batter into your square tube cake pan. The pan should have an 18-cup capacity that handles large cake batters.
Step 7- Spread the cake batter around the square tube cake pan as evenly as possible with a spatula. Shake your tube pan slightly and tap the bottom of the tube pan with your hands to make the batter more even.
Step 8- Place into a preheated 325-degree F oven on the middle rack. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Step 9- After 1 hour and 20 minutes, remove the cake from the oven. Toothpick inserted into the cake should come out clean. Let the cake cool for 2 to 3 hours before removing it from the tube pan.
Step 10- Flip the cake over onto a flat surface or a cake pad and let the cake cool completely. Once the cake has cooled completely, it’s ready to be served.
YouTube instructional video
