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Traditional Pound Cake

Traditional Pound Cake — a cake recipe, 6 ingredients.

Cake

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Ingredients

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  • ½ pound self-raising flour
  • ½ pound butter
  • ½ pound (4 ea.) eggs
  • ½ pound caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
  • ½ pound assorted dried fruit (currants, sultanas, and raisins, with perhaps a lesser quantity of glacé cherries; optional)
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ½ pound butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F or Gas Mark 4).
  2. Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
  3. Beat in the eggs and add the vanilla extract.
  4. Gradually sift in the dry ingredients.
  5. Transfer to a greased and floured baking pan.
  6. Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted shows no moist crumbs when removed.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0