Pound Cake

2 cups apple sauce (substitute it with butter if you dont have apple sauce or if you want to eat unhealthy)
9 eggs (try keeping them outside for a while so its not too cold)
2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
2 cups sugar or sugar substitute
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch salt


Whisk apple sauce (or butter... dont use both, you will not have a pound cake at the end of this but something else) with sugar in the bowl till creamy... now start adding 1 egg at a time, making sure each egg is completely mixed with the batter before adding the next. You know you are going in the right direction when the batter looks like curd :) thats not the final product, remember we are trying to bake a pound cake!! Anywho, now add vanilla and salt and continue beating it for half a minute tops. Dont over do it.

We have more ingredients in the list above, so lets try using all of them ... lets pick the flour first. Add half a cup at a time to the batter and continue mixing it same like the eggs before. Now it should look like cake batter... if not, start again from scratch and keep at it till you perfect it :)

Once you deem it perfect, move it to a baking tray (2 trays if need be)... Set the temperature (of the oven) to 350 F / 175 C and it should be an hour to finish. You will know when you see the top of the cake look golden brown but thats not enough... try using a tooth pick or a knife (slimmer one) to see if its done