April 21, 2013 - Classic Pound Cake

So I had to work all this past weekend, so I didn't have much time for baking, but Sunday night I felt like I should go for something, just something relatively straightforward (I didn't feel like anything too complicated).  So I went for the classic Pound Cake.

 

With only a handful of ingredients and steps involved, this was just the recipe I was looking for to try.  I had some issues getting my butter softened correctly.  It came straight out of the fridge so I was trying the whole "microwave it on very low power" method, and it still ended up melting slightly.  Luckily, it didn't have any real negative impact on the end product.

 

 

The cake came out of the oven a perfectly gold color, and the middle was the perfect blend of dense yet still slightly light and fluffy.  A nice end product to finish the day with.