Pound Cake

While the pound cakes we make today often have different proportions from the original, they are still wonderfully rich, moist, and buttery with a lovely golden brown crust. This is a really simple cake recipe, give it a try.

Difficulty

Low

Time

60 min

Author

Kenwood

This recipe is prepared with:

Products

Smart-Touch Stand Mixer KHC40.040BK

Ingredients

Servings

8

Makes

1 cake

225 g caster sugar

225 g unsalted butter, cubed, softened

4 eggs

275 g plain flour

3.5 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 Tbsp milk

Utensils

Loaf tin 20 cm x 10 cm x 6 cm (8" x 4" x 2.5"), Cooling rack, KHC40.040BK

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven - 160ºC

Grease the tin and line with parchment paper

Fit the splashguard, then fit the Creaming Beater

Add caster sugar, butter, flour, baking powder, egg, vanilla extract and milk into the appliance bowl

Mix until combined and then scrape the bowl - about 2 minutes, speed 3

Mix until combined - about 1 minute, speed 2.

Step 2

Transfer the batter into the prepared tin 

Bake until golden brown - 50 minutes, 160ºC

Remove from the oven and let cool.

 

Serve.