Pound Cake

Fuzzy and the 'gigantor' bunt cake.

I got inspired after looking at this recipe, but I didn't have any Sprite or butter flavouring. So I went searching around and came up with this recipe which is a mix of several that took my fancy. Let me tell you it weighs a pound and you will def. put on pounds eating this little baby. Not diet friendly... no way!

Pound Cake

This would serve alot of people: 12-16 slices I'm thinking?

Ingredients:

480g butter (that's like nearly two sticks!!!)
600g sugar, caster is best (Not diabetic friendly either!)
6 large eggs
560g plain flour
1 cup of milk, full cream (I did mention it wasn't diet friendly, didn't I?)
1 teaspoon lemon essence
1 teaspoon almond essence
1 tablespoon vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 140d. Cream butter, you'll need a proper mixer to make this cake successfully. It is an awfully big cake!
2. Add the sugar and cream till light and fluffy.
3. Add each of the 6 eggs, one at a time, I did this by leaving my Kenwood Chef running while I added the eggs :-)
4. Sift the flour, I had to do it in two lots as there was so much, and mix with the milk.
5. Add the essences and use your spatula to scrape the sides at this point. Give it another good mix and pour into a LARGE prepared bundt pan. I prepared my pan the old fashioned way my Mumma showed me: by rubbing butter all over it and shaking flour all over it. Go Mum: this always works a treat.
6. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Mine needed an extra 20 minutes!
7. Allow this baby to cool for awhile in the pan. Don't tip it straight out or it will break.

Enjoy preferably with friends or you'll die of a diet induced heart attack hehehe. Lucky for me I have friends coming over tomorrow which will take care of this little baby for me ;-)

Fuzzy was so excited by this cake that he announced: "We are all going to get to eat some aren't we?" & "I'll have some in my lunch box tomorrow!"