Basic Pound Cake Recipe
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into small chunks (110 grams)
- 7/8 cup sugar (185 grams)
- 1 cup flour (120 grams)
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F. Grease a 5" x 9" loaf pan, line the bottom with parchment paper and set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add half the flour and mix to combine.
- Add eggs, yolk and extract and beat until smooth and uniform. Add remaining flour and mix to combine.
- Turn batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Gently rotate the pan a few times during baking to ensure even cooking.
- Allow the cake to cool completely. If necessary run a knife along the edges of the cake to free it from the pan. Remove loose upper crust. Turn cake out onto cutting board and slice.
unsalted butter, sugar, flour, eggs, egg yolk, vanilla
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/07/basic-pound-cake.html (may not work)