When browsing through hundred-year-old cookbooks, I came across a recipe for Pound Cake Waffles. The title intrigued me. The recipe called for lots of butter and sugar, and was very similar to actual Pound Cake recipes. I decided to give it a try. The recipe indicated that either lemon or vanilla flavoring could be used in the recipe. I went with lemon extract.
The waffles were lovely with a sunny lemon flavor that worked nicely with the maple syrup that I put on the waffles.
Here’s the original recipe:
Here’s the recipe updated for modern cooks:
Pound Cake Waffles
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs, separated
1/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon lemon extract or vanilla (I used lemon extract.)
Beat egg whites, then set aside. Put butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, then beat until creamed. Add the egg yolks and milk, then beat. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon extract or vanilla; beat until combined. Gently fold in the beaten egg whites. Ladle batter onto a hot waffle iron and cook, following the waffle iron directions.
The title of your post intrigued me, too, since I love pound cake and waffles, too. I can’t eat either of them any more but I’m going to forward the recipe to my son-in-law who is always experimenting with waffle recipes.
It’s a fun recipe to experiment with.
Sadly, like most Brits, I don’t own a waffle iron 😕.
We’re found another difference across the two side of the Atlantic – though my sense is that many Americans also do not have a waffle iron.
😕 I thought waffles were in your DNA!
They look lovely!
Thank you – They make a nice presentation.
A faster way to a pound cake? It looks and sounds good–I would almost be tempted to make them this morning. I love waffles, but I cannot even remember the last time I had pound cake.
I actually ended up with both when I made this recipe. There was more batter than I needed to make waffles for just my husband and me, so I put the extra in a small loaf pan and thought I’d see how it turned out. The pound cake turned out really well, and I served it to friends who came over for coffee.
That was a double win, then! And how lovely for your friends.
This can’t help but be good. I usually have waffles on Sunday and use the overnight blender recipe..made with oats..buckwheat and buttermilk..yumm..good.of course maple syrup and real butter. May need to try this one day soon
mmm. . . your overnight blender recipe sounds healthy and really good.
I gotta say I have been cooking cake batters on my waffle iron for years…. but this one looks special!
Until I saw this recipe I never thought about cooking cake batters in a waffle iron. I’ll have to try using it for some other cake batters.