Lucuma Pound Cake

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This Lucuma Pound Cake is flavored with Lucuma puree. My American friends commented on how much the flavor resembles the taste of the dulce de leche. I served it with a citrus salad: pink grapefruit, oranges, mandarins, and Meyer lemons with honey and mint. It was a very successful combination.
You can buy Lucuma powder at Amazon, replace the Lucuma puree with 1/3 cup of Lucuma powder, and add 1/2 cup of brown sugar to the recipe.

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Lucuma Pound Cake

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A great and different cake

• Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
• Yield: 10

Ingredients

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• 200 grams of softened butter (if using unsalted add 1/2 teaspoon to the dough)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup lucuma puree (use Guallarauco) or 1/3 cup lucuma powder and 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F or 180C. Butter a pound cake mold 9 “x 5” or 12 x 23 cm.
2. In a large bowl with a mixer, beat butter until creamy, like mayonnaise. Add sugar and beat until pale, about 2 minutes. Add lucuma puree and beat until well incorporated.
   
3. Add eggs, one and then the other, beating until fully incorporated in between. Add vanilla and salt, if using, and beat until a homogeneous mixture, 1 minute more.
   
4. Add the flour and baking powder and beat until well incorporated throughout.
   
5. Place dough in a greased cake pan and bake for 55-60 minutes until golden and a stick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
   
6. Cool on a rack, unmold cold, cut, and serve.
   

• Author: Pilar Hernandez
• Prep Time: 45 minutes
• Cook Time: 1 hour
• Category: Cake
• Method: Baked
• Cuisine: Chilean

Keywords: Queque de lúcuma, Chilean Lucuma Pound Cake