Easy Poundcake

Hello friends and fellow bloggers,

I hope you are all fine today.

I am okay but at the moment I am getting tired of waiting for spring, which brings warmer temperatures, more greenery and flowers.

We're getting rain again and when rains come I feel more hungry and in need of snacks. Do you ever get the late night snack attack?  I do and I didn't really have anything at home to snack on so I decided to make some pound cake. Pound cake is not my 'go to' dessert. In fact I seldom have it but I thought it would go nicely with some hot tea.

I looked up an 'easy' recipe and this is what I made.  Believe it or not, I've never made it before though I'm now in the advanced stages of life, lol. When I was growing up my dear mom would always talk about how much she loved pound cake. It's the main reason I've tried it over the years but I had store bought cake which was not that bad.

 

The verdict on my cake is 'not so bad' but 'not great'. That's my opinion of my cake. I felt it was too sweet and I actually cut out a half cup of sugar from the recipe. I was reluctant to cut out more because I know that can affect the moisture level of the cake. I should probably have also beat the batter more until it was very light and fluffy because the cake seemed quite dense. I don't have a blender so I didn't beat it that much.  The beater I used was an attachment to my hand blender and didn't work that well. Then I tried mixing by hand but my arm got tired. 

I might make this once again just to experiment with beating the batter for longer.  I'd use use the electric mixing bowl next time. I'd also research how to make a reduced sugar version. Last but not least, I think I need to bake it for longer.  The toothpick was clean when I inserted it into the cake but when I cut into the cake, it looked like it could use just a bit more baking time. It didn't taste uncooked so I guess that is the main thing! lol.

Anyway, it did the trick to fill the snacking needs of the moment. 

In case you're interested in the recipe you can find it here.