Vanilla Bean Pound Cake

Name: Vanilla Bean Pound Cake
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise with seeds scraped out; 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 1½ cups granulated sugar; ¾ cup buttermilk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Lick The Bowl Good

By Monica Holland

Published 2013

About

One year, I told my little brother, Aaron, to dream up his perfect birthday cake, and I would make it for him. I was expecting him to come back with some grandiose ideas. Instead, he said he just wanted a vanilla cake. I created this perfectly vanilla pound cake with him in mind.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon

Vegetarian
Cake
Birthday

Method

Preheat oven to 325°F.
Grease and flour a 9 × 5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk