I was gifted a bundt pan some years ago. It took another two years to get a cake rather than a crusty tube of dough. This was my first success.

It started out as a yogurt cake. But keeping soy yogurt on hand never works out for me, so it’s evolved. Density is one of the defining features of pound cake in my experience. No creaming of sugar necessary.

The citrus makes this one. Lemon is my standard. But lime with a lavender simple syrup drizzle is pretty amazing. Too much vanilla will overpower the tartness.  Be aware of your vanilla’s potency. I learned this trying to use a little bit of vanilla bean paste instead of extract.