Easy Quick Pound Cake

Easy Quick Pound Cake is a classic recipe that’s sweet, dense, and incredibly EASY to make with simple ingredients and bakes in only 60 minutes!

INGREDIENTS:

2Eggs

Grapefruit(Zest)

80 grams Granulated sugar

85 grams Cake flour

A pinch of baking powder

80 grams unsalted butter, melted

For the apricot glaze

Apricot 25g

Water 25ml

METHOD:

Brush the melted butter evenly on the base and edges of a pan then dust the inside the pans with flour and set them aside.

Add hot water in a medium bowl, place the butter pieces in a stainless steel bowl, put the bowl in the hot water and cover a cloth, set aside and keep warm.

Add 80g sugar in a bowl, zest half of grapefruit into it. Then rub the grapefruit zest and sugar together with your fingers until fragrant and combined.

In a large mixing bowl, add two eggs and grapefruit sugar, whisk them together for 7~8 minutes until the egg mixture is pale and fluffy.

If you use hand electric mixer, then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, then change to low speed for 1 minute.

Sift the flour and baking powder into the egg mixture, and gently fold until you have a smooth batter then pour the melted butter into the bowl, mix until fully incorporated and the texture is a little bit glossy.

Fill three-quarters full with batter then tap the pans 1 or 2 times to cause the air bubbles to rise to the surface.

Preheat the oven to 170°C and bake for 30~35 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and place it onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.

Use a small pan to melt the apricot and water over low heat then brush the top with warm apricot glaze and leave for minutes then serve.

Enjoy Simple Quick Pound Cake.

By Hafsa

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