Granny Foster’s Simple Pound Cake

Name: Granny Foster’s Simple Pound Cake
Yield: makes one 10-inch bundt or tube cake/serves 10 to 12
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups sugar (about 1 pound); 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 7 large eggs (about 1 pound); 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (about 1 pound); 3/4 cup heavy cream; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

December 14, 2011

True pound cake doesn’t include leavening, meaning that it gets all its lift from eggs and the air that is incorporated into the batter when creaming the butter and sugar. For best results, bring the ingredients to room temperature before you begin. Granny’s old-fashioned pound cake is true to its name, calling for a pound each of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar. Proof that “plain” can be a beautiful thing.

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