Quatre Quart/French Pound Cake

Quatre quart in French means Four Quarters, which is a famous Brittany region Pound cake. This cake is very popular in France and whoever want to bake a cake with easy ingredients always stick with this cake as the ingredients are easy to follow. Four quarters means equal weights of four ingredients. The main ingredients for this cake is Flour, egg,sugar and butter and all these four ingredients are used in equal weights to prepare this French pound cake batter. Quite easy to remember na. Even my first cake which i tried few years back after landing to France is this super spongy Quatre quart. Whoever novice in baking can bake out this super spongy cake with less efforts.

Its a very simple cake but still addictive and deliciously a fragrant cake. No additional flavouring is added, just you need to beat and blend the ingredients to make this cake super moist and fluffy. Some go for beating sugar and butter together though my today's post goes for melted butter which makes the life easier. If you are a follower of my space, you might have noticed that am running a month of blogging marathon with Journey through the cuisines as theme with French cuisine in Alphabetic order. Obviously for Q i didnt hesitate a second to pick this fantastic French pound cake.

200grams Butter
200grams Self raising flour
200grams Sugar
3 Large eggs
1tsp Vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350F, grease a loaf pan and keep aside.

Beat the eggs, sugar until well mixed with a smooth and creamy texture. Meanwhile melt the butter and add slowly to the egg-sugar mixture.

Gradually add in the flour, vanilla extract until the mixture turns smooth.

Pour the batter to the greased loaf pan, bake for 30-35minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Let it cool completely, slice and enjoy.

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