Cake In: 5-4-3-2-1-1

​Many people think of cake baking as a creative process, but I think of it as a science. Just the slightest tweak on a recipe can change the entire dynamic of your cake creation; possibly turning it into a biscuit or even worse, a glob of uncooked dough. One of my favorite things to bake is a pound cake, and little do people know it’s as simply as “4-3-2-1-1″!

POUND CAKE BASICS:
4 – Large Eggs , at room temperature
3 – Cups of flour (preferably self-rising or cake flour, sifted)
2  – Cups of Sugar
1 – Cup of Butter (2 sticks), softened
1 – Cup of Milk
*2 pinches of salt, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and 2 teaspoons almond extract*
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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch baking pan. In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar together until creamy (the creamier the fluffier you cake will be). In a separate bowl, combine sifted flour and salt and set aside. Beat eggs with an electric mixer then combined to butter/sugar mixture. Add vanilla and almond extracts to wet ingredients, mix well. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Lastly, fold milk into mixture gradually. Once completely combined, pour mixture into a 10-inch pan. Bake for approximately 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes our clean. Let cool. Garnish with fresh cut strawberries and serve!


What’s your favorite thing to bake?
Care to share a recipe?