Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe (With Video and Step by Step)
This simple pound cake recipe has just a few ingredients and comes together in three easy steps. You'll love the result: a buttery cake with delicate vanilla flavor.
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Serving size: 8
Calories per serving: 425
Ingredients:
Cook time:
Serving size: 8
Calories per serving: 425
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
0.5 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheat the oven, prep loaf pan, and beat butter and sugar: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 6-cup (8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch) loaf pan; set aside. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, then vanilla and salt: Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; add vanilla and salt.
Add flour: With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined (do not overmix).
Bake the pound cake: Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour (tent with aluminum foil if browning too quickly).
Cool in pan and on rack: Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack, and turn upright to cool completely.
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Add eggs, then vanilla and salt: Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; add vanilla and salt.
Add flour: With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined (do not overmix).
Bake the pound cake: Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour (tent with aluminum foil if browning too quickly).
Cool in pan and on rack: Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack, and turn upright to cool completely.
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