pound cake

And I'm back! Not from outer space, but near enough. To get things kicking this year I've started off with a simple yet delicious pound cake.

Ingredients
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/2 tsb baking powder
• pinch salt
• 110 grams butter
• 1-1/2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup plain yoghurt + 1/4 cup milk

Directions


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

2. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar. Mix in the eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the lemon rind and the vanilla. Gently mix in flour mixture alternately with the yoghurt milk mix. Pour batter into the prepared pan.


3. Bake in preheated oven for 90 minutes. Do not open oven door until after one hour. When cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan it is done. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.