Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Two egg Vanilla Pound Cake



Pound cake recipes always calls for sooooo many eggs which makes it so heavy.Though rich and tasty,I always hesitate to bake one fearing the amount of  fat .
But I was pleasantly surprised by this recipe featured in About.com which uses only 2 eggs for pound cake baked in loaf pan.
It was moist,soft and delicious.

Ingredients:


All purpose flour - 2 cups sifted

Baking powder - 3/4 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Sugar -1 1/2 cup

Butter - 2/3 cup softened at room temperature.

Eggs at room temperature - 2

Whole milk - 2/3 cup

Vanilla essence - 1tsp

Method:


Line a loaf pan with parchment paper(It makes cleaning easier) .Alternately grease the pan with melted butter and sprinkle some flour.Preheat the oven to 325 deg F

In a medium bowl cream the butter with sugar until fluffy.Add eggs one at a time and beat well.


In anothe bowl,sift the flour,baking powder and salt.


Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.Add milk little by little and mix gently.Finally add the vanilla essence and mix.

Pour the mixture into the loaf pan.

Bake for about 1  1/4 hrs to 1 1/2 hrs.Start checking your cake after 1 hour.Mine took about 1 hour 20 minutes.



Test the cake by inserting a toothpick in the middle.If it comes out clean,then cake is ready.

23 comments:

lubnakarim06 said...

Love that texture...looks soft and yum...

Priya dharshini said...

Nice spongy cake...luks yum,ramya

Suji said...

Pound cake is m y fav anytime and i love this recipe Ramya..Looks awesome..

Lakshmi ...Rasoi ki Malkin..northern and southern spices said...

Woww..yum yum cake looks so soft..

Menaga Sathia said...

spongy cake looks perfect!!

Cilantro said...

Looks nice soft and moist.

divya said...

looks soft and moist....

Unknown said...

Awesome ramya..looks perfect & very soft!

Unknown said...

Awesome Ramya..looks perfect and very soft!

Priya Suresh said...

Super spongy and prefect looking cake..

Tahemeem said...

Pound cake which uses 2 eggs? That is unbelievable... Cake looks so soft and yum :)

Unknown said...

Pound cakes are my all time favourite and lovely try.Book marking it.

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Can I have a piece..looks so yummy dear:)

aipi said...

Perfect looking pound cake..this recipe is bookmarked :)

US Masala

aipi said...

Perfect looking..This recipe is bookmarked :)


US Masala

Hamaree Rasoi said...

With just 2 eggs in it the outcome looks wonderful to me. Well done Ramya

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Nisa Homey said...

soft and moist...a must try one.

Rekha shoban said...

hi ramya, how r u dear? perfectly baked cake....yummy!!

Unknown said...

Thanx friends!!I highly recommend this recipe to all who dont like their cake to be toooo eggy:)

Panchpakwan said...

Looks yummy and soft cake...

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

wow...soft n tasty...looks fab..:D
Tasty appetite

Dimah said...

Hi,
first time here…
That cake looks so delicious! Yummy.

Abhilash said...

a fluffy and mouthwatering cake... I can only watch and let the mouth drop water. :(

Will have to buy to keep stomach satisfied :) I am new to baking and yet to start experimenting :)