How to bake a cake?

Gather your ingredients. Pound cake is one of the simplest cakes to bake. Here's what you'll need: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar Pinch of salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 5 eggs 2 cups cake flour Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Grease a cake pan. Pound cakes are best baked in deep pans, such as loaf pans. Cream the butter and sugar. Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat them together until the mixture is light, fluffy and creamy Add the eggs and vanilla. Keep beating the mixture until the eggs are completely incorporated Stir in the cake flour. Keep the hand mixer on low or use a wooden spoon to stir the flour in a bit at a time until it's just incorporated. Be careful not to overmix it. Pour the batter into the pan. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Bake the cake for an hour and 15 minutes. The cake is finished when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean read less