Pound Cake

Pound Cake
Recipe in English:

Ingredients:
-Butter 1 Cup
-Sugar 1 Cup
-Eggs 4 large or 5 small
-Flour 2 Cups
-Salt ½ tsp
-Baking powder 1 tsp
-Vanilla Extract 2 tsp

Directions:
-In an electric mixer, add butter and mix for 1-2 mins.
-During mixing on medium speed, gradually add sugar and mix for 7-8 mins.
-Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, mix for 2-3 mins.
-In flour,add salt and baking powder,mix well.
-Gradually add flour mixture in butter mixture and mix for 1-2 mins,beating just until combined (do not over mix).
-Add vanilla extract and mix for 30 secs.
-Grease loaf pan with butter and sprinkle plain flour.
-Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon.
-Tap the pan against your countertop (tap-tap-tap-tap) to scare away any last few little air bubbles trapped within.
-Bake in pre heated oven at 170 C for 40-45 mins.
-Toothpick inserted in center should come out clean.
-Remove the cake from oven, place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
-Cut into slices.
-For sandwich cakes, grease sandwich maker, pour batter and give it 4-5 min.
-Sandwich cake is ready.

Tips:
Baking Time and Temperature:
- Baking time varies based on the size of your pan.
- If you are making simple cupcakes then they should be ready within 15 min.
- For small size loaf pan the time should be 40-45 mins.
- For larger size loaf pan the time should be 45-55 mins.
- Make sure that a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean that is the sign of a fully baked cake.
- The temperature will remain the same at 170 C for all types of pan, and the cake needs to be placed in the center rack with only the bottom burner on. Make sure that preheat the oven at the same temperature (170 C).

Recipe in Urdu:

-Makhan 1 Cup
-Cheeni 1 Cup
-Anday 4 large or 5 small
-Maida 2 Cups
-Namak ½ tsp
-Baking powder 1 tsp
-Vanilla Extract 2 tsp

Directions:
-Electric mixer mein makhan dal ker 1-2 mins kliya mix ker lein.
-Mixing k doran darmiyani speed mein thori thori ker k cheeni shamil kertay jayein aur 7-8 mins kliya mix ker lein.
-Ek,ek ker k ande shamil kertay jayein aur mix ker kerlein 2-3 mins kliya.
-Maida mein namak aur baking powder dal ker ache tarhan mix ker lein.
-Ab maida k mixture ko thora thora ker k butter mixture mein daltay jayein aur 1-2 mins kliya mix ker lein.
-Vanilla extract dal ker 30 secs kliya mix karein.
-Loaf pan ko grease ker k maida chirak dein.
-Ab loaf pan mein batter dal ker spatula ya spoon ki madad sa batter ko set ker lein.
-Pan ko countertop per tap karein ta k air bubbles nikal jayein.
-Pre heated oven mein 170 C per 40-45 mins kliya bake ker lein.
-Toothpick insert ker k check ker lein.
-Cake ko oven sa nikal ker wire rack per rakh ker thanda ker lein 10 minute kliya.Pan sa cake ko nikal lein aur completely thanda ker lein.
-Slices mein cut ker lein.
-Sandwich cakes bananay kliya, sandwich maker ko grease ker lein aur batter dal dein 4-5 mins kliya.
-Sandwich cake tayyar hai.

Tips:
Baking Time and Temperature:
-Pan k size k lehaz sa baking time change hoga.
-Agar app simple cupcakes bana raha han tou who 15min mein tayyar ho jayenga.
-Chota size k loaf pan mean time 40-45 mins lagay ga.
-Bada size k loaf pan mein time 45-55 mins lagay ga.
-Cake k bech mein tooth pick dal ker check karein,tooth pick clean bahir aye tou is k matlab hai k bake ho gaya hai.
-Tamam pan kliya baking temperature 170 C hoga aur cake ko hamasha bottom burner on ker k oven k center rack mein rakhein.Is baat ka kayal rakhein k oven preheat us he temperature per hoga jis per bake hoga (170 C).