The Very Versatile Pound Cake…
The Pound Cake…very versatile!
Ingredients:Butter- 1 cup or 200gms
Eggs – 4 (large)
Sugar – 1 cup, granular
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Whole-wheat flour – 1/2 cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Salt – 1 pinch
Ganache – 1/2 cup (Recipe here)
Method:
- Grease and flour a 10″ bundt pan. Preheat oven to 325deg/175deg .
- Sift together both flours + baking powder+ salt .
- Cream butter and orange sugar well, & then beat in the eggs 1 by 1, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in essence .
- On low speed, beat in the flour bit by bit till well incorporated (4-5 goes) .
- Turn 1/2 the batter into pan, layer evenly with the ganache, & then top with the rest of the batter. Bake for approx 1 hr till done . (If top seems to be getting too brown, loosely cover top with foil until done.)
- Leave in pan for 10 mins to cool, and then turn it out on rack to cool completely.
Note: Can also make a Marble Pound Cake, by folding the ganache into 1/3 of the batter OR ……a Coffee &Dark Chocolate Chip Pound Cake one too.
Mix 1 tbsp of coffee into 1 tbsp of hot water & let it cool. Beat it in after the eggs & essence have been added. Fold in dark chocolate chips after the flour has been mixed in. This is a yummy version & my personal favourite!! 
(Am off down South for a week…will be missing for a few days. See you soon!!)
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
25 Comments
diva
one beautiful pound cake! why are you a world away from me??
lovely quote from George Herbert too. star!
x
Bharti Khemani
Hmm..never saw ganache being used inside a cake before. Nice one!
meeso
That looks way too good with the ganache!!! This is one rich dessert!
Manggy
Even at half-recipe, that still looks large! Fab cake, Deeba! Have fun on your trip! 🙂
Arundathi
Oh my – that looks absolutely gorgeous. I’m gonna try this in my little square pan – which will probably give me ten layers!! and spread melted chocolate in between! mmm. can’t wait to meet you!
Ivy
This looks so airy and moist. Relax and have a nice time.
Dhanggit
you are torturing me deeba!! i promised my self no more delicious cake in the morning ..yummy!!
btw, i gotta buy that round mold thing..im jealous when i see you bake goodies that way
d
down south? anywhere near me? can we meet?
d
anju
wow, this is great, looks really delicious..got the same mold, and didnt know what cake to bake in it..so going to try this very soon…where in south are u?
familiabencomo
Have fun on holidays!!! I’ll miss you. Your cake looks divine. Honestly, I thought they called it a pound cake because you gained a pound for each slice…. Good to know that’s not true!
Tanti baci, bella,
Amy
Mallika
This looks divine. I love how you have a bundt pan lying around – very domestic goddess darling!
Ann
What a beautiful pound cake!
Ann at Redacted Recipes
Divya
cake is looking toooooo good deeba…i am amazed at how you come up with so many delicious dishes from time to time….wish i could have a slice !!!
Ruth Elkin
I’ve not made pound cake yet but have recently bought a kind of bundt cake tin so I really should try this sometime.
Kalai
This cake looks so amazing, Deeba! I’m tempted to buy a bundt cake pan to make this!! 🙂
Hetal
this cake looks too good..
Sunshinemom
Classic favourite! Beautifully done. I must try a vegan version soon – I am missing it now that I saw yours:(
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A&N
hats off! looks exquisite! cant wait to try this out. just out of curiosity, is there any way to make it eggless?
A&N
hats off! looks exquisite! cant wait to try this out. just out of curiosity, is there any way to make it eggless?
nicisme
Super looking cake, mine always stick to the blinkin’ bundt pan!
Patricia Scarpin
That is a fantastic cake!
Susan from Food Blogga
I just love a good old-fashioned bundt cake, and yours is one of the loveliest I’ve seen.
Arfi Binsted
that looks absolutely delicious, deeba! perfect for my birthday cake tomorrow (while I am not making anything hehehe)
sumi
please can u tell if i substitute SEMOLINA FLOUR instead of whole wheat flour will that be good…waiting for your reply