Recipe: Modern vanilla poundcake (Quatre quarts/Torta paradiso) – Road to Pastry

Name: Recipe: Modern vanilla poundcake (Quatre quarts/Torta paradiso) – Road to Pastry
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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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

Keywords

Cake
Creamed butter
Creaming method
Egg yolks
High-ratio cakes
Iginio Massari
Modern
Poundcake
Quatre quarts
Torta paradiso
Traditional
Vanilla

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