African Pound Cake

The African Cake belongs to the family of the Pound Cake but with a little twist. In west africa, most of us do have our family recipe for this Cake, and it varies from family to family. However, no matter the recipe used by each of this family, you will know that you are eating the our Cake when you bite into it.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine African

Keyword banana cake, homemade

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Servings People

Calories 413kcal

Author Lola Osinkolu

Ingredients

4 Cups all purpose flour
10 Eggs
4 sticks of Butter 2 cups of Butter
1 Tbs Vanilla extract
2 cups Sugar
1 Tbs Baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 cup Milk or dissolve 4 Tbs of powdered Milk in 1/2 cup of Water

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Instructions

Grease your baking Pan with some Butter and dust it with some flour then set it aside
Mix the Flour, Baking powder and nutmeg in a Bowl and set aside as well
Add 4 sticks of Butter (At room temperature) together with the Sugar in the mixing bowl and cream it together until it's smooth fluffy and creamy
Add the Eggs one at a time mixing the Egg into the cream after each addition
Mix in the Vanilla as well
Start alternating the addition of flour and milk until it's well combined
pour the batter inside the baking pan and bake for 1 hr 20 mins to 1hr 40 mins, till it's golden and caramelized on the edges or when a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. ENJOY!

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