Dense vanilla bean pound cake that just melts in your mouth. A simple no frills cake packed with so much flavour and is absolutely delicious.
Vanilla Bean adds pizazz to cake and just about anything you put it in. The specks of the bean, the taste, the smell is what i love about vanilla bean. So when I decided to bake a pound cake I knew I had to have vanilla bean in it.
The recipe is quite simple and straightforward. To begin with I creamed the butter, vanilla bean paste and sugar until light and fluffy. You want to incorporate lots of air into the batter.
To add that extra vanilla hit and extra sweetness to a not so sweet vanilla pound cake I made a vanilla bean glaze to drizzle over the pound cake.
I just couldn’t help myself when photographing this cake. Slices of cake disappeared into my mouth. The temptation was too much.
Ingredients
- 240g(1 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 250g(11/4 cups) caster sugar
- 2 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
- 240g (2 cups) Plain/All purpose flour
- 5 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 50g(1/2 cup) icing sugar
Instructions
Grease and lightly dust a loaf tin
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
In the bowl of mixer cream butter and vanilla bean paste until light then gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
At a low speed add flour mixture slowly then milk until well combined.
Pour cake batter into loaf tin, smooth the top of batter.Tap tin gently on counter top to eliminate air bubbles. Bake for 60 - 80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centre of cake comes out clean.
Cool cake in tin for 15 minutes, then invert tin onto rack and let cake cool completely.
Mix together vanilla bean paste, icing sugar and milk in a small bowl until creamy
Drizzle glaze over slices of cake.
This looks delicious! I love pound cake and I’m always looking for a new recipe to try!
Thank you Lindsey. Let me know what you think of this recipe once you bake the cake 🙂
I absolutely love pound cake. As in, it’s probably my most favorite dessert ever! Thanks for sharing…this looks delicious!
Thank you David and you are most welcome 🙂
I have never made pound cake but always enjoy it out!! This looks so moist and rich. I love the specks of vanilla bean 🙂
Thank you Zainab. The specks of vanilla bean is my bling for such a simple yet delicious cake. lol
Please advise how many eggs are required?
5 eggs are required. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Recipe has been updated.
Oh wow.. Looks like I know what I’ll be making this weekend!
Glad you like it, Baking Tuts. Feedback about the cake will be appreciated.
Thank you