This pound cake is kind of odd. It’s got plenty of butter in it, but it also has cream cheese. The final result is more like an apple quick bread instead of a pound cake. It’s very dense and moist, and has quite a bit of crunch from the cornmeal. The cake has a rich dark brown color from the apple butter.
I haven’t had any complaints about this cookbook until now – the recipe calls for “whole grain cornmeal”. What grind? I used medium, but I think fine would have worked better – a little less crunch. Overall, everyone seemed to like this cake, but it definitely wasn’t our favorite out of the cookbook. I’m pretty sure I won’t make it again.

• Apple Harvest Pound Cake (King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking, p. 388)