{"id":1368,"date":"2018-03-03T08:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2018-03-03T08:31:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:31:45","slug":"pound-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/?p=1368","title":{"rendered":"Pound cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi and Salaam everyone! I’ve been away from here for a while, life got in the way and unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to update the blog regularly. My 9 year old told me last week, how in 2017 we made brownies all the time, and this year it seems like we are baking a lot of pound cake. Really, I’ve only made this cake twice this year, but I think she’s missing them brownies\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I was browsing through some old documents, and found this recipe given to me by my friend Rubeena. I used to make it so much when I first got the recipe, but forgot all about it until I stumbled upon it a few weeks ago.\u00a0This cake keeps for about a week – but it never lasts that long at our house. You can even make a double batch and freeze one loaf after it has cooled down and eat it a few weeks later.<\/p>\n

I love pound cakes – especially simple ones like this. They go so well with a cup of coffee and a good book on a cold day.<\/p>\n

I wish I had planned to blog about this cake when I was making it, so I’d have better pictures, but sadly I didn’t get to thinking about it until the cake was almost\u00a0half gone\u00a0 \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n

The recipe is easy to follow, so I don’t really think we need step by step pictures, but I hope to put them up in the near future, maybe after making some brownies for my kids first \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s how the pound cake is made :<\/p>\n

Ingredients :<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00bd \u00a0c butter (softened)<\/p>\n

1 \u00bc c sugar<\/span>
\n<\/span>3 eggs (room temp)<\/span>
\n<\/span>1 \u00bd c flour plus \u00bd tsp baking powder<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00bd cup half n half<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp vanilla<\/span><\/p>\n

1 tsp lemon zest<\/span><\/p>\n

Method:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 325 F.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy and light yellow. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until the yolk disappears.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add flour to creamed mixture alternating with half n half, beginning and ending with flour. Beat at low-speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract and lemon zest. <\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Line a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper, pour batter into the pan. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Bake at 325\u00b0 F for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack for at least 2 hours. Slice, and serve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi and Salaam everyone! I’ve been away from here for a while, life got in the way and unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to update the blog regularly. My 9 year old told me last week, how in 2017 we made brownies all the time, and this year it seems like we are baking … Continue reading Pound cake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[277,247,215,279,278,248,280],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1368"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}