Elvis Presley's Favourite Vanilla Pound Cake

A community recipe by oopsyalicia

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Introduction

I love pound cake a lot. I've also tried many recipes and I think this recipe is the best. I did make some changes.

Ingredients

Serves: 12

4 ounces softened butter
1½ cups superfine sugar
1½ cups self-rising flour
¼ cup cream
¼ cup plain yogurt
⅘ teaspoon salt
1½ teaspoons vanilla bean paste
4 eggs (at room temperature)

Method

Elvis Presley's Favourite Vanilla Pound Cake is a community recipe submitted by oopsyalicia and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Generously butter pan and dust with flour and knock out excess flour. Do not preheat oven.

Sift together the flour and salt in a bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl together with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy for about 5 minutes.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add half of flour mix well, then all of the cream.

Mix well, then add remaining flour, beat until everything combines together at medium-high speed for 5 minutes. Transfer batter into the cake pan and cover the pan with foil. Place pan in (cold) oven and turn oven temperature to 180°C for 60 minutes.

Remove foil after 60 minutes and bake for another 8-10 mins until golden. Cool cake in pan on a rack for 30 minutes. Remove the cake from the cake pan and place the cake on the rack. Cool the cake completely.