Name: Spiced Pound Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 400 g all-purpose flour; 400 g sugar; 400 g butter; 4 egg; 3 tbs icing sugar optional sieved; 1 handful fresh blackberry optional

by BoyChef Last updated on 07/10/2019

I know we swapped the imperial system for the metric system a while ago, but a 453g cake just doesn't have the same ring to it. So if you really have no other cake recipes that you can remember- memorise this one! This means that you have no excuse to go anywhere without a cake. And noone should go anywhere without cake! - BoyChef

Ingredients

Cake

400 g all-purpose flour
400 g sugar
400 g butter
4 egg
3 tbs icing sugar optional sieved
1 handful fresh blackberry optional

Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 170C.
Step 2

Beat the sugar and butter until pale and creamy. Add the eggs in one at a time, betting well after each addition. Sift the flour into the batter and mix until just combined.
Step 3

Pour into a greased deep 20cm cake tin. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
Step 4

Dust with icing sugar, and serve with blackberries and a dollop of thick cream.

Equipment

1 20cm round cake pan

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

If you are not making your cake as deep as mine then lower the cooking time by 10 min. Add a few blackberries and this simple cake gets a delicious, fruity boost.