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Vanilla pound cake

Chef Lola's Kitchen · ♥ 817 likes · 24.8K views · 5 min video

Read about loaf, pound and bundt cakes in the BrightCulinary Book

Vanilla pound cake, from the video
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Ingredients
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  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup milk
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  • butter
Grease a 9 by 5 inch pan with a little butter, line with parchment paper and set aside.
Preparing the loaf pan
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  • 2 sticks butter
Beat the butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy; add the sugar and cream about 2 minutes until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides.
Creaming butter and sugarCreamingRead
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  • 4 whole eggs
Add the eggs one at a time, whisking after each until absorbed; set aside.
Adding the eggs one at a timeWhisking
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Sift the all-purpose flour and whisk in the salt and baking powder.
Dry mix and vanilla milkSifting
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  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
Stir the vanilla extract into the milk.
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Fold in half the flour with a spatula, not a whisk, so the batter is not overmixed; add all the milk and fold; then fold in the rest of the flour until just combined.
Folding flour and milk in alternationFolding
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Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven until a skewer in the middle comes out clean.
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  • confectioners sugar
Finish with confectioners sugar over the top, or a vanilla glaze.
Finishing with confectioners sugar