Classic Lemon and Vanilla Pound Cake

A moist, classic pound-style cake with a delicate vanilla note and a hint of lemon. It's easy enough for beginners and goes well with coffee or as a dessert.

By yumbelo-Küche · 8 servings · 75 minutes

Ingredients

• 250 g butter
• 250 g sugar
• 1 Packung vanilla sugar
• 1 Prise salt
• 5 Stück eggs
• 1 Stück lemon (grated zest)
• 375 g wheat flour
• 1 Packung baking powder
• 100 ml milk

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C top and bottom heat. Grease a 26 cm springform pan with butter and dust it with a little flour.
2. Beat the softened butter with sugar, vanilla sugar and salt in a large bowl for about 5 minutes until creamy.
3. Stir in the eggs one at a time until the mixture is smooth and light. Stir in the grated lemon zest.
4. Mix the flour with the baking powder. Alternately stir the flour and milk into the butter-egg mixture in two to three portions until a smooth batter forms.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
6. Bake the cake on the middle rack for 50 to 60 minutes. Test with a wooden skewer: if it comes out dry, the cake is done.
7. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully loosen it from the pan and let it cool completely.