Pound Cake I recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
5 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
5 egg whites

Nutrition Info

306.8 calories
carbohydrate: 33.1 g
cholesterol: 126 mg
fat: 17.4 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 4.9 g
saturatedFat: 10.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 176.5 mg
sugar: 16.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x4-inch loaf pan. Sift together flour and baking powder.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg yolks. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in the vanilla and lemon extracts.

  3. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain.

  4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

1 loaf cake

Recipe Note

The rich and buttery pound cake from this easy recipe keeps fresh for many days.

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