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Super Delicious Pound Cake
Melissa Jacobs

Timeless Butter Pound Cake

You can bake it in a loaf tin, round tin, or even a square pan, depending on your preference.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup self raising flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 small lemon sliced in half

Equipment

  • 1 Round Cake tin or small loaf tin

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
    Ingredients image for Pound Cake
  2. Cream the butter and sugar together. Gradually add the sugar while beating with an electric mixer on medium speed for 3–5 minutes, or until the mixture is light in color, fluffy, and has a creamy texture.
    Cream the butter and sugar
  3. Add the flour and vanilla essence. Do not over mix.
  4. Pour into a cake baking tin or pyrex dish. Bake for 20 minutes.
  5. Squeeze the fresh lemon juice over the hot cake.
  6. When the cake is cooled, sprinkle it with icing sugar powder.