Pound Cake

Contributor: Shubha

Ingredients:
Pound cake recipe
Cake flour - 1 3/4 cup (sifted well)
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1/8 tsp
Unsalted butter - 1 cup (2 sticks)
Superfine sugar - 1 cup
Eggs - 4 large in room temperature.
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Lemon zest / orange zest (optional) (grating of the skin of a lemon / orange)

Preheat Oven to 350 degree F.
Grease a pan pan or bread loaf with cooking spray.U can even lay a parchment paper and spray it with oil.
In a large bowl sift together twice, flour, baking powder, and salt.
In another bwl beat the butter until creamy and smooth. Gradually add the sugar, beat continuosly while adding the sugar until light and fluffy.It take around 5 to 6 minutes.Scrap down the sides as needed.
After 5 Minutes the batter should be light in colour and fluffy in texture. The add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. The batter will look curdled but that okie.Keep beating. Ass the vanilla essence and lemon zest.
Add the flour misture and keep mixing.
Pour this batter into the cake pan and bake for about 50 - 60 minutes.or until the cryst is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Take from the oven and cool for a hour before removing from the pan.
Cool it for icing orelse serve it as it is.