Pound cake is a beloved (and already pretty simple) classic, but Bwog Staff Writer Elena Christenfeld decided to try to make the cake with a pound of every ingredient and nothing else.

Pound cake recipes have gotten more complicated since the original pound of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar. I decided to see if the original recipe can still create a yummy, four-pound cake.

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of butter
  • 1 pound of eggs
  • 1 pound of all-purpose flour
  • 1 pound of granulated sugar

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 325° Fahrenheit. And butter and flour a large (large) bundt pan.
  2. Combine the butter and sugar in a mixer until they are creamed and fluffy.
  3. Keep the batter mixing and add one egg at a time until combined.
  4. Add the flour slowly into the batter, mixing as you add.
  5. Transfer the mix to your buttered and floured pan and put it in the oven (325°F).
  6. Bake for 75 to 90 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Let cool for 15 minutes then remove from the pan and eat!

Sneaking a peak

This is the simplest of pound cake recipes, so the final result is truly just a classic and yummy cake. I will say, a pound of eggs is a lot of eggs, so this poundcake does come out a little egg-ier than most.

Deliciousness

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