Go Back
Old Fashioned Lemon-Vanilla Pound Cake

Old-Fashioned Lemon-Vanilla Pound Cake

Melissa Jacobs
Bring a touch of nostalgia to your baking with this simple, classic pound cake.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert
Cuisine Global
Servings 8

Equipment

  • 1 Round cake tin or small loaf pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup self raing flour
  • 4 eggs large
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 small lemon sliced in half

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
    Ingredients for Pound Cake
  • Cream the butter and sugar together.  Gradually add the sugar while beating with an electric mixer on medium speed for 3–5 minutes, or until the mixture is light in color, fluffy, and has a creamy texture.
    Pound Cake Mixture
  •  Add the eggs one by one.
  • Add the flour and vanilla essence. Do not over mix.
  • Pour into a cake baking tin or pyrex dish. Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Squeeze the fresh lemon juice over the hot cake.
  • When the cake is cooled, sprinkle it with icing sugar powder.
Keyword Butter, Lemon