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While every year is filled with tons of memories, there are a few moments that you happily recall when the year comes to a close. These are what I think my top five of 2012 were...


One
Started writing for BBC Good Food India



Two
Was lucky to be one of the few people selected to attend the artisan bread making workshop with Maurice Chaplais

Pic courtesy: Breadworks/ Maurice Chaplais

Three
Being a part of this parody music track that went viral

 



Four
Got my first opportunity to be a part of a TV show



Five
Bloggers unconference at Kanatal



I wish you and your loved ones much peace, joy and fulfillment in 2012.

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I dont give out 5 stars for a recipe very often and certainly NOT the first time I try a recipe. However, this recipe received my 5 star rating immediately! It is, by far, the best pound cake recipe Ive ever tried. Its texture is smooth, moist and velvety, with a hint of lemon. The recipe makes one 10" tube pan or two loaf cakes. I hope you try it.

(1) 8 ounce cream cheese (room temperature)
6 eggs (room temperature)
1½ cups butter (room temperature)
3 cups white sugar
3 cups CAKE flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
zest of two lemons (chopped finely) Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10" tube pan or 2 large loaf pans.

In a stand mixer (using whisk attachment), cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth and silky. Slowly add the sugar while the mixer is running, and beat until very fluffy (it will look like whipped cream and may take as long as 5 minutes). Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well in between each egg. Add the extracts and the lemon zest and mix well.

Replace whisk attachment with paddle attachment. Sift the cake flour into a one cup measure and level off with a knife. Add flour to butter mixture, one cup at a time, mixing just long enough for the flour to disappear.

Pour batter into prepared tube pan (or two large prepared loaf pans). Hold the filled pan about 6" above your counter and drop it (this will dislodge any big air pockets). Bake cake for 1 hour 20 minutes. Test for doneness with toothpick test. Let the cake cool about 10 minutes then remove from pan.

NOTE: The butter, cream cheese and eggs must be at absolute room temperature (I leave mine on the counter overnight). If you dont have these ingredients at room temperature, they will not mix correctly and your cake will not bake properly...very important.

NOTE: Dont try this recipe with all purpose flour. Cake flour really makes a difference.

NOTE: You will know you have beaten the butter-cream cheese - sugar mixture enough when your stand mixer bowl is about 2/3 full and is the consistency of whipped cream.

NOTE: When zesting the lemons, be very careful not to get any pith (the white part under the yellow part) into the cake (its bitter). You want just the very outside of the lemon peel. After you zest the lemons, run your knife through the zest a little bit to make it smaller.