We had a potluck dinner the other night for the ex-pats in the office for Lunar New Year. I made a pound cake. I discovered a few things during the process.
The recipe is pretty basic:
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 eggs
Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
*** Note: If you don't have a mixer, or a wooden spoon, a plastic rice paddle works just as well.
Stir in the flour.
*** Note: If you don't have a measuring cup, the liquid measuring cup that holds 4 cups filled halfway works just as well.
Mix in the lemon juice and vanilla.
*** Note: If you don't have measuring spoons, regular spoons work just as well.
Stir in the eggs one at a time. Beating well after each addition.
Pour into a buttered and floured bundt cake pan.
*** Note: Use the only baking dish you have. But be careful because you can't adjust the rack to a higher level in the oven, so the bottom will get browner than it is supposed to. And instead of cooking for 75 minutes at either 180C or 170C, check after 30 minutes, then keep checking every 10 minutes after that until done. Turn down the temperature as needed.
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