Jacques Pépin's Favorite Pound Cake

Name: Jacques Pépin's Favorite Pound Cake
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, French
Ingredients: 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 6 large eggs; 1/4 cup milk, at room temperature; 2 1/2 cups cake flour

Instructions

Cook:2h

The French call pound cake quatre-quarts ("four-fourths") because it is made with equal parts flour, sugar, eggs and butter. Jacques Pépin's mother, a...

Updated at: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:45:06 GMT