How to Make Homemade Pound Cake from Scratch

Serve pound cake with fresh fruit.

This is an easy dessert to make and most people have all the ingredients for it on hand. You can eat pound cake plain, serve it with any number of sauces or top it with fruit. This recipe is fun to make with young children who love to help in the kitchen.

Things You'll Need

• 1/2 pound of butter
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 cup flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 F. Prepare the loaf pan by greasing.

2. Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.

3. Add the eggs, one at a time. Beat the mixture well between each egg.

4. Add the salt and then the flour gradually while beating.

5. Add the vanilla.

6. Pour mixture into prepared loaf pan and bake at 325 F for 55 minutes or until cake pulls away from the side of the pan.

Tips & Warnings

• eat plain

• or serve with fruit sauce (see my lemon sauce recipe)

References

• Epicurious: Classic Pound Cake

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish