Pound Cake

Pound Cake Made From Scratch

This is an easy pound cake that everybody love to have it because it is delicious and easy to make and its preparation is very low as compared to the cakes available in the market and it is also very healthy when compared to the pound or plane cakes available in the market.

Pound Cake
Pound Cake

Always try to use the best possible ingredients to make this cake for instance best butter, best eggs etc in order to have the best results.

About The Taste Of This Pound Cake

All butter pound cakes are dense cakes with a sturdy crumb structure.It is moist and buttery and has a velvety feel.You can easily pick up a slice place it on a napkin, break off pieces with your fingers to pop straight in your mouth.

Effects Of The Ingredients Used In This Cake

The main ingredients used in this pound cake are:

Butter

Flour

Eggs

Sugar

These ingredients gives the cake richer and moist flavor and makes it consistently moist.

The evaporated milk

Vanilla

Baking powder

Salt

These ingredients above gives each bite of this pound cake intense flavor

Preparation Time And Serving

Preparation

15 minutes

Cooking time

55 minutes

Total time

1 hr 10 minutes

Serves

12 slices

Ingredients And Their Quantities

Take 1 cup unsalted butter which should be cooler than room temperature

1 cup granuled sugar

4 large eggs slightly cooler than the room temperature

All purpose flour 2 cups

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup evaporated milk

2 teaspoon quality vanilla extract

Method

Line a 10-inx5-in loaf pan with parchment paper.

Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl and set it aside.

Mix together evaporated milk and vanilla in a small cup and set it aside.

In a large mixing bowl place together butter, sugar and cream together on medium speed until very pale and fluffy.Stop a scrap down the bowl as necessary.It should take about 5 minutes.

Slowly beat one egg at a time in the butter mixture and beat each egg before adding the next one.

Alternate and mix in the dry and wet ingredients, starting and finishing with the dry ingredients.

In other words: – Add in 1/3 of the flour mixture and beat until just combined. – Pour in 1/2 of the evaporated milk mixture and beat until just combined. – Add in 1/2 of the remaining flour mixture and beat until just combined. – Pour in the remaining evaporated milk mixture and beat until just combined. – Add in the remaining flour mixture and beat until just combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Smooth the top with a spatula so the batter is even. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out with just a few crumbs.

Remove from oven and allow the homemade pound cake to cool in the pan on a cooling rack for at least 20 minutes. You can allow the pound cake to finish cooling in the loaf pan completely. Or to speed it up, transfer the pound cake to the cooling rack to completely cool.

You can enjoy this easy homemade pound cake the day it is baked, but for the best flavor, allow it to sit overnight.

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Pound Cake
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Pound Cake
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In this article I will tell you the tips and techniques to make an excellent and easy to make from scratch and delicious pound cake.
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Cooking Plus Homedecor
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