Homemade Vanilla Pound, Loaf Cake, classic, made from scratch easy recipe.

Step 1

Heat oven to 170c,  325F. Grease and line your baking tin.

Step 2

Get all your ingredients ready, i.e sieve the flour, and add the salt and baking powder to the flour etc.

Step 3

Start with making the cake batter by creaming the butter and sugar until a pale light colour.

Step 4

Slowly add the beaten eggs to the mixer, on a low speed setting, a bit at a time. If the mixture starts to curdle or split, add a spoonful of your sieved flour, keep on adding the eggs, and a bit of flour if necessary, until all the eggs are added. Add the Vanilla Extract.

Step 5

Add half the milk with half of the flour, keeping the mixer on a slow speed. Once combined, add the remaining milk and gently fold in the remaining flour until combined.

Step 6

Transfer the cake mixture to the greased and lined loaf tin. Then place in the oven for 1 hr to 1 hr and 5 minutes.

Step 7

*** Please do test if the cake is done by using a skewer and poke it in the middle to see that it comes out clean. Every oven is different and cook times may vary a little.

Step 8

Have a cup of tea!

Step 9

When the cake is done, take it out of the oven and leave in the cake tin until cool enough to transfer to a cooling rack.

Step 10

Allow to cool. Store in an airtight container.