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VANILLA POUND CAKE RECIPE – Easy Pound Cake Recipe

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How to make simple and easy Pound Cake


I am sure that at some point or the other in our lives, we would have tasted this simple yet yummy cake. It gets the name pound cake from the traditional and original recipe which called for one pound each of all ingredients – flour, sugar, eggs and butter. I remember my mom too making it in this manner where she used to weigh all the ingredients and take equal quantities, even the eggs! Her weighing the eggs used to put my young mind into eternal confusion but that never stopped me from stirring the batter and licking it off the bowl in the end 😀

The recipe has evolved and changed over time but I tried it the traditional way. Since I normally cook for one, I used 100gm of all the ingredients and then adjusted it a bit here and there to my taste.

Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
Flour – 100gm
Butter – 100 gm (at room temperature)
Eggs – 100 gm (approx 2 medium sized eggs)
Sugar – 100 gm (I ended up using around 1/2 a cup and a bit more, since it seemed like a lot after powdering)
Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
Salt – one pinch (optional)

How to make Pound Cake:

1. Beat the eggs till soft. This might take upto 2 mins on a hand blender. I don’t own an electric hand blender so I used the good old mixie to get the eggs whipped up.

2. Next, lightly beat the butter and sugar together till nicely blended. Add the beaten eggs to this. Ideally, the butter and sugar should be at room temperature, otherwise you will find that it curdles. Panic not! It happened to me but everything is fine when the flour is folded in.

3. Once the egg-butter-sugar mixture is well blended, add the vanilla and salt and mix gently.

4. Gently fold the flour in. I used a wide wooden spatula for this. The idea is to not loose the fluffiness of the beaten eggs. The batter will seem slightly thicker than the normal cake batter. Again, panic not! 🙂

5. Transfer to a greased tray and bake in a pre-heated oven for 30-35 mins at 350 degrees. The top should turn a lovely golden brown, a toothpick inserted into the centre should come out clean and your neighbours should get the lovely aroma! At that point, your cake is done.

I normally don’t like frosting on homemade cakes so I had mine with a generous helping of Nutella 😀

For all those who asked, yes, Nutella is very much available in India, thank God! And for those who said they haven’t tried it yet, you absolutely should!! Its divine (provided you like the flavour of hazelnuts).

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  1. Hi Nags,

    Thanks yet again! Tried baking this cake for my Mom's b'day today, and it turned out just.. Wow!! 🙂

    Though I would say I was confused regarding the measurement, since you have kinda spoiled us first timers with the "find-at-home cup measurements". 🙂 Another thing was the 350 degree baking, since my oven has its highest at 250.

    So sharing what I did. Took around 1 and a half cup flour, also added around 1/4th tsp baking powder (you mentioned 1tsp in one of your comments, but I was a lil scared to use that much against no use in your original recipe, hence 1/4th) and baked it "the banana cake way", at 180 C for around 35-40 mins. BTW, I also increased the quantity of eggs to 4, since the ones available to me felt small.

    And the result is my darling husband telling me to start a cake-baking business! 🙂

    Thanks!
    God bless you!

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  4. I was going to make this for tea, but not sure to proceed as it doesn't calls for any baking pwdr. Do we need it?

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  5. im going to make it with my friend in a coule hours.i love to bake but ive never made pound cake.im going to make fondint to go over it.can i do that easly

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  11. Hi Nags, I baked my first cake ever, and it was very tasty…I would like to say a big thank you to you. btw, i baked it twice again for my family..they love it…

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  16. Cake is lovely! I used a one pound variation, added two teaspoons of baking powder. Delightful!

    K from Jamaica

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  20. Hey Nags, thanks a bunch for clearing my doubt. me gonna try this out 2day…im craving pound cake..im in my 7th month and still craving cakes…:)
    geez..i almost 4got i had a blog and that someone wud read it.
    thanks. hav a fab day and keep posting..luv reading u write ups to the recipe a lot!

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  22. Hi there!
    Searching for something to bake for One person and urs is the right one! :))
    this seems the simplest pound cake recipe ever and the pic luks most inviting!
    Im gonna try it right away. oopes i just noiticed–BTW at what temperature setting in the conventional overn do u preheat and bake the pound cake?
    is it the usual 350degree?
    pls let me know

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  34. Pound cake has to be everyone’s favorite – simple and delicious. I feel like eating some after seeing this picture. Btw, you can try the exact same recipe in a pressure cooker – without the weight and steamed for as long as regular idlis. Let me know if you like it 🙂

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  36. You got me back to those moments while making this..blending in an uruli with that wooden spatula..ammas unique beater and the round oven!God!she makes the best yellow cake :)..

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  37. Licking the bowl…wow most of us did that….the cake looks very light and airy! I eat nutella on its own….people nibble on crunchies and I prefer nutella to the crunchies!

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  50. u r turning out to be a pro nags:) i have never come across a girl who cooks so much. may be we all were too lazy when staying away from home;)

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  51. I love Pound cake but hesitate to make it because of the amount of butter and Eggs it needs. Got to bake one day!:)
    Looks yum, moist and fluffy.I like Nutella but my kids are not into Hazelnuts.

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