Name: Custard pound cake recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup caster sugar; 1/4 cup custard powder; 4 eggs; 200g butter; 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; Icing sugar, to dust

by Greer Worsley Last updated on 09/27/2021

Simple, old-fashioned and delicious - this custard pound cake takes less than 10 minutes to whip up in the mixer. Serve simply dusted with icing sugar. - Greer Worsley

Ingredients

1 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup custard powder
4 eggs
200g butter
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Icing sugar, to dust

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 170C. Grease and line the base and sides of a 20cm cake tin.
Step 2

In a stand mixer, or using hand-held beaters, mix caster sugar, custard powder and eggs for 3 minutes until pale. Melt butter in a saucepan until hot. With the mixer running, pour into mixture and beat until combined. Fold through flour and baking powder. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 50-55 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Step 3

Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

For an old-fashioned decoration, set a paper doily on top of the cake and dust lightly with icing sugar. Carefully remove the doily to reveal the pattern.

Recipe and photo by Greer Worsley.