Vanilla Pound Cake
Vanilla Pound Cake is a simple dessert for busy weeknights and delicious enough for company! Just 5 ingredients in this simple cake!
Vanilla Pound Cake
Vanilla Pound CakeI’m so excited to share this easy dessert with you today and to tell you about a new must-have cookbook! Fast and Easy Five Ingredient Recipes: A Cookbook for Busy People by my friend Phi!
I met Phi at the Chopped Conference that I spoke at a few years ago. It’s always so motivational and fun to meet other food bloggers and see their drive, determination and be inspired by their immense talent.
I was pretty tickled to get Phi’s gem of a cookbook in the mail. I thumbed through it immediately and started bookmarking recipes to try. I had the hardest time choosing which one to share with you.
The thing I loved most about this cookbook is that I actually had the ingredients on hand for so many of the recipes.
Since there’s not a grocery store around the corner from the ranch, a lot of times I won’t try a new recipe because I don’t have the ingredients. Not the case here, every recipe has only 5 ingredients!
You are going to love it. It officially comes out July 19th but you can go ahead and order it today and get a couple of extras! This is the perfect gift for college kids, newlyweds, sister-in-laws, moms or any busy person with a kitchen!
It is full of dinner recipes, snacks, delicious sides, and desserts. On my list to try immediately are the Pepperoni Pizza Pockets (made with pie crust!), “Unfried” Cornflake Chicken and the Jam Crumb Bars and so many more. I could basically list out every recipe because they all sound so dang good!
Now let’s talk about this Vanilla Pound Cake. I had it mixed together by the time the oven was pre-heated. No special ingredients- just butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and flour! The house smelled like heaven as it baked.
I used this Nielsen-Massey Vanilla but you can also make your own Homemade Vanilla Extract!
Emmet was doing laps around the kitchen bar begging for the cake to come out of the oven. I sliced it warm and the buttery, vanilla goodness was incredible.
It disappeared way too fast and I’m ready to bake it again. I always have something sweet around and this is definitely going into the favorites rotation.
Totally perfect for busy weeknights or serve it with whipped cream and berries when you are having dinner guests.
Seriously, y’all you are going to love how simple and delicious these recipes are!
More Cake Recipes to Try:
If you are entertaining guests, this classic Million Dollar Pound Cake is a must-try. It’s rich and buttery and oh, so delicious.
Easy Strawberry Cake is always a favorite and is super easy. Browned Butter Pound Cake is a classic for any get together or celebration and if you love chocolate, try this Chocolate Pound Cake.
Lemon Pineapple Poke Cake is always a hit with the crowd and you don’t want to miss this Buttery Almond Pound Cake! If you are a coconut fan, this easy Coconut Pound Cake is a must- try.
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Vanilla Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon Madagascar vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups all- purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- *berries and cool whip for garnish if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch loaf pan with butter or non stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, with a hand (or stand) mixer, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and then add the vanilla and eggs and beat until combined.
- Slowly add the flour and salt and beat until well combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes , or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the pan, then remove from the pan, slice and serve.
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This vanilla pound cake is such a perfect summer dessert, THANK YOU a million for sharing it and posting about my cookbook. I am beyond happy to hear that you found the book useful and absolutely loved hearing that you had a lot of the ingredients on hand so you didn’t have to go to the grocery store – that is exactly what I hoped would come across in the cookbook, that it’s easy and accessible!! I am truly grateful and appreciative of all your kind words and for sharing this. Thank you.
My mouth is watering, that’s a great idea she had. I will check it out.
I love simple recipes, this is perfect! The cake looks absolutely wonderful!