Pound Cake

Name: Pound Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 room temperature eggs - separated; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup yoghurt; 1 cup vegetable oil; 1.5 cup All purpose flour - sifted; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tbsp vanilla essence; 1 pinch salt; 1 tbsp honey for brushing; Optional - 1 tbsp cocoa

Maude Joanna Rego @cook_9661667

Pound Cake

Maude Joanna Rego @cook_9661667

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Ingredients

3room temperature eggs - separated
3/4 cupgranulated sugar
1 cupyoghurt
1 cupvegetable oil
1.5 cupAll purpose flour - sifted
1 tbspbaking powder
1 tbspvanilla essence
1 pinchsalt
1 tbsphoney for brushing
Optional - 1 tbsp cocoa

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Steps

1

Beat egg yolks and sugar till light and fluffy. Add in Vanilla essence.
2

Add in vegetable oil and yoghurt.
3

Now mix in flour, salt, baking powder till just combined with no lumps.
4

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites till stiff.
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Now, incorporate egg whites into the flour batter by folding it in (do not whisk, we want to keep this light and airy!)
6

Optional - take 1 tbsp off batter and mix with cocoa powder for create a choco swirl on top.
7

Pour batter in a well greased baking dish of your choice. If doing the choco swirl, drop lumps of choco batter on top and swirl using a toothpick
8

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees C till toothpick comes out clean. This will depend on how flat your baking dish is.
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Once done, brush the top with honey for an extra shine!