Best Pound Cake Recipe

Sandkuchen

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. grated lemon rind
• powdered sugar

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 375° F.
• Prepare baking pan (see above)
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, beating well after each one. Continue beating until light in colour and fluffy. Add vanilla.
• Mix together cornstarch, flour, and baking powder. Stir into butter mixture. Add lemon rind and stir.
• Pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan, smoothing top.
• Bake for 1 hour or until wooden toothpick poked into centre comes out clean.
• Place pan on wire rack and let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Invert pan to remove cake and let cook on wire rack.