Nigerian Pound Cake

Preheat the oven to 350ºF/180ºC

Measure out all your ingredients.

Sieve the flour, baking powder and nutmeg into a bowl and set aside.

Crack the eggs and beat them, then add your pure vanilla extract to the beaten eggs

Prepare your pans with baking spray or  by greasing with butter/ shortening and flouring them or you use home made goop

In a Stand mixer with the paddle attachment,  mix the butter and sugar for about 5 mins till it becomes fluffy and lighter in color. See picture below for how the appearance progresses to fluffy

Add your beaten eggs and the flour in three parts alternating the eggs and flour starting with the eggs and ending with the flour. (Which means you add a third of the eggs, mix then you add a third of the flour mix again until the flour is just incorporated.** Continue in this pattern till you have mixed in  all the beaten eggs and flour)

When you have mixed in all the eggs and flour then mix up the batter for another minute and it is ready. (The batter should drop from your spoon when lifted up but not runny.)

Pour into prepared pans and bake in the middle rack of your oven at 350*F for about 45 - 50 minutes or until you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.

When this yummy creation is ready, bring it out of the oven, allow to cool in the pan for about 5 mins then place on a cooling rack to cool completely.

Enjoy plain with warm milk, hot chocolate, ice cream and berries or caramel topping. Your options are endless