Avocado Pound Cake

BM#12: Day3: Ever since I saw this posted at "Joy the Baker" blog, I have been wanting to bake an avocado cake.I finally made this over the weekend for my sister when I went over to her place for a visit. Anything made out of Avocado tastes exceptionally good and this is no exception. The whole family loved it!  

Note: Don't go overboard with the addition of avocados. I was greedy cause I wanted a vivid green color and I added 1/4 Cup more. That makes the batter super-dense and the baking powder/soda in the recipe isn't sufficient to leaven the batter.The inner most part of the cake was slightly under-cooked. So my advise to you is, stick to 3/4 Cup for the 9" X 5" loaf, which is what the original recipes suggests. No more, no less. Capisce? 

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Ingredients(Makes 1 9" X 5" Loaf):

• 1-1/2 Cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 Cup Stone-Ground Yellow Cornmeal
• 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1-1/2 Cups Granulated Sugar
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• 6 Tbsp Butter, at room temperature
• 2 Farm Fresh Eggs, at room temperature
• 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/3 Cup Buttermilk, at room temperature
• 1 Ripe Avocado (~3/4 Cup)

Procedure:

• Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder in a wide bowl. Add salt and cornmeal to mix well using a whisk.

• Peel and cube the avocado. Slightly smash it. Don't use more than 3/4 Cup of smashed avocado for 9" X 5" loaf.

• Cream the butter and sugar, for about 3-4 minutes. Add the smashed avocado and mix it at medium speed for a minute more.

• Add eggs, one at a time and mix well to incorporate.

• Add little buttermilk.

• Add flour in batches. And mix only till it is combined.

• Lastly add the Vanilla extract.

• Scrape the batter from the sides of the bowl and give it one final mix. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

• Line the loaf pan with aluminum foil. Grease it with little butter. Transfer the batter to the load pan. Bake it for 45 minutes-50 minutes. Check periodically after 40 minutes.

• Remove from the oven and let if cool completely before cutting.

Vanilla and Lime Pound Cake:

Enjoy!
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