Pound Cake

Name: Pound Cake (Bábovka)
Cuisine: Slovakian
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz butter, melted, plus extra butter for greasing; 30 ml/2 tbsp dry breadcrumbs; 4 eggs, separated; 500 g/1¼ lb/generous 2½ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 500 ml/17½ fl oz/2 cups milk; 15 ml/1 tbsp baking powder; 500 g/1¼ lb/5 cups plain (all-purpose) flour; icing (confectioners’) sugar for dusting

Bábovka

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

The traditional Czech form of the pound cake has ripples, which also make it easier to decide on portion sizes!

This is a lovely light cake, and is delightful served with afternoon tea.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz butter, melted, plus extra butter for greasing
30 ml/

Europe
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Snack
Cake
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas 2. Grease a 450g/1lb cake tin (pan) and use the breadcrumbs to cover the side by sprinkling them into the pan and shaking it to distribute them. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks with half the sugar. Beat in the milk