Pound Cake Question

[rj6]

I have been making the same recipe for years. I usually bake the cake in two loaf pans so I can freeze one. The last two times I've made the cake the top was hard and crumbled. I thought I might be cooking it too long so I really watched it today....same story. The oven is at 300 so I don't think it is cooking too fast. I have been cooking it on the middle shelf. Any ideas?

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

If all variables are the same, such as the same oven, the same pans, the...

...same ingredient brands, the same mixing method, then I would use a good oven thermometer and double check the temperature, if you haven't already done so. Thermostats can go haywire at the most inconvenient times.

That's all I can think of.

Michael