Pound Cake

Bake. Tweak oven rack to middle now position and heat oven to 165°C 160°C generously butter a 9 by 12 7 cm or 8 1 2 by 4 1 3 cm loaf pan dust pan now liberally with flour and now knock out excess flour now in a medium bowl beat flour and baking now powder to mix rest aside in a 480 ml now liquid measuring jug or medium bowl beat eggs and vanilla until now mixed rest aside in a mixer with the paddle mix butter and salt on now medium high speed until shiny now smooth and creamy 2 to now 3 minutes scraping down bowl now as needed reduce speed now to medium and gradually stream in sugar this should take about now 60 seconds once all sugar is tipped in increase speed to medium high and mix until mixture is fluffy and now almost white in color 5 to now 8 minutes scraping down bowl as now needed reduce speed to medium and gradually tip in egg mixture in slow steady now stream this should take 60 to now 90 seconds scrape down bowl now increase speed to medium high and mix mixture until start now and fluffy 3 to 4 now minutes mixture may look slightly now broken stop mixer and scrape now down bowl on low speed tip in 1 3 of the flour mixture mix until just mixed then tip in milk and mix until mixed tip in another now 1 3 of the flour mixture mix until just mixed then do the same again with remaining flour scrape bottom of now bowl to ensure that batter is homogenous move batter to prepared loaf pan now and smooth surface with rubber spatula cook in the oven until a deep gold and wooden skewer inserted in center of now cake comes out clean now 1 hour 10 minutes now to 1 hour 20 now minutes see notes let cake leave to go cold in pan on rack for 15 minutes invert cake onto rack then turn cake right now side up let cake sit on rack until mostly leave to go cold at now least 1 hour cut and bring to the table.