Fluffy Pound Cake

Name: Fluffy Pound Cake
Ingredients: 200 g flour; 200 g sugar; 100 g starch (potato); 120 ml vegetable oil; 120 ml water; 3 eggs; 10 g baking powder; 10 g vanilla sugar; a pinch of salt; 100 g nuts (I used almonds); orange or lemon zest

Today I'm sharing a recipe for a very simple cake made with minimal ingredients that turns out absolutely brilliant. This cake is made with starch, which gives the baked good an extraordinary tenderness, fluffiness, and moistness. I made the cake with vegetable oil — it should of course be refined. For mix-ins, I used almonds, and for flavor, in addition to vanilla sugar, I used orange zest, though lemon zest would be just as wonderful. The cake came out very tender and light, with a soft, fluffy texture inside and a crispy crust on the outside. It has the most incredible vanilla-citrus aroma! It's simply a dream of a cake — I highly recommend it!

Ingredients:

200 g flour
200 g sugar
100 g starch (potato)
120 ml vegetable oil
120 ml water
3 eggs
10 g baking powder
10 g vanilla sugar
a pinch of salt
Add-ins:
100 g nuts (I used almonds)
orange or lemon zest

How to cook fluffy pound cake

Beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt together briefly with a mixer.

Add the vegetable oil and water, and beat together.

Add the flour, starch, and baking powder, and beat a little more.

Add the grated zest and chopped nuts (I peeled the almonds beforehand, but that's not required). Instead of almonds, you can use any nuts or dried fruit you like.

Pour into a greased pan. My pan measures 24 by 10 cm. As a reminder, a cake like this is best baked in a loaf pan or a Bundt-style pan with a center tube. Place in a preheated 170°C oven and bake for about 50–60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool completely. Here's what the cake looks like when sliced.

A tender, fluffy slice of cake and a cup of tea or coffee make a wonderful and utterly delicious pairing! And the incredible aroma of the cake will follow you throughout your entire tea time — I guarantee it! So delicious!