Recipe: Modern vanilla poundcake (Quatre quarts/Torta paradiso) – Road to Pastry
The poundcake, or 'quatre quarts' as they call it in French, is the traditional cake everyone is (or should be) able to make and is usually characterized by the simplicity of its ingredients: 1/4 butt
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter (room temperature)
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla bean (split)
- Orange or lemon zest
- Egg yolks (~4)
- Salt
- Cornstarch
- Pastry flour
- Baking powder
- Eggs (~2.5 eggs)
- Granulated sugar
- Powdered sugar (for decoration)
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