Question re blueberry pound cake

[rinsav]

I was looking for through old threads for a cake/pie to make for my Mom & Dad when they come over for dinner this week (they just celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary). I was thinking about the blueberry pound cake but saw that it makes 16 servings and that's just too many (I don't want too much left-overs). What do you think about splitting the recipe in half and baking it in a banana bread pan? Would that work? If not, maybe I'll just wait and make this cake for an occasion when more people will be around. Thanks!

[Laura B]

I don't see why that wouldn't work. Is a banana bread pan roughly the same size as a standard loaf pan? I think that most recipes that can be made in a tube or bundt pan, also make two loaf cakes. So, making half of the batter should work for one loaf cake. Good luck! It is a yummy cake.

[ama47369]

I also think that you could cut it in half and bake in a loaf pan.

Another suggestion might be to freeze the leftovers. I have frozen it in individual slices with great results. It helps me to not want to eat it all at once! :)

[funnybone]

Originally posted by rinsav
I was thinking about the blueberry pound cake but saw that it makes 16 servings and that's just too many (I don't want too much left-overs).

Too much Blueberry Pound Cake???? NEVER! I ate half the cake during a PMS induced frenzy. :D

[Lynn B]

Originally posted by rinsav
it makes 16 servings and that's just too many

Well, just cut it into 4 or 5 servings!!! :D

Lynn

[breadmama]

I always make two loaves out of the pound cake recipe, and freeze one. It's so nice to be able to whip the other one out when we have companmy - no baking! It freezes well. (This also helps us not go nuts and eat all 16 servings in one day! :) )

[Jasmine-Rose]

Nice timing with this thread. Now that the heat wave has broken I can turn the oven on again. And I have blueberries in the freezer...Perhaps I'll make two loaves tomorrow and bring one to work on Monday while the other goes in the freezer.

Thanks ladies!

[JKS]

funnybone and Lynn B, it's great to know that there are people on this board who eat/think the way my family and I do!! I need to try this recipe--I think I'll go for making 2 bundts--one for today, one for tonight.........