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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Pound Cake

Ingredients

6 tbs butter
2/3 cup granulated sugar
4 egg yolks
1 1/4 cups cake flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 cup milk
2 tsp finely grated lemon peel
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
1/2 tsp lemon extract (optional)

Preparation:

heat oven to 350 butter and flour a 5x9x3-inch loaf pan
in a mixing bowl, cream the butter with sugar until light. in a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks until pale and mixed with creamed mixture.
sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with milk. blend in the lemon zest and juice and the extract. spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan. bake until  a wooden spoon come out clean and the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan, about 45 to 50 min. cool in pan or rack for about 10 min before remove it...if desired, sift powdered sugar on top, but i just eat it as it is and taste so good... 

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