Spiced Cornmeal Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 0.4 lb butter at room temperature
• 3 large eggs 
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.3 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.3 cup milk 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.8 cup sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 0.3 cup cornmeal white yellow

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• blender
• loaf pan

Directions

1. In a bowl, with a mixer at medium speed, beat butter and sugar until well blended.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating to blend well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla.
3. In another bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and salt.
4. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat at medium speed just until well blended.
5. Spread batter level in a buttered and floured 8- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
6. Bake in a 325 oven until cake is golden on top and just begins to pull from pan sides, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack for about 15 minutes, then invert cake from pan, set upright on rack, and let cool completely, about 1 hour. To serve, cut into slices.