This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays selection–Perfect Pound Cake–marks my return to blogging. I’m still getting my life and house in order, so this post will be short and sweet. The cake was delicious and the crumb was perfect.
I grilled a couple of slices and topped them with a slather of Nutella and some caramelized bananas. It was a good idea in theory, but the awesome flavor of the Nutella and bananas overpowered the subtle flavor of the cake. I prefered the cake plain.
Thanks so much to Michele of Veggie Num Nums for hosting this week’s pick. It was the perfect choice for me. If you would like the recipe, please visit Michel’s blog or buy the book.
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Oh–last Wednesday, I was lucky enough to attend the Foodbuzz Community Table/Visa Signature dinner at Beso. It was amazing, the food was wonderful, and I got to meet Eva Longoria. Here are a couple of great posts by other bloggers on the event:
Right in time! I was just looking for the perfect pound cake recipe! Looks amazing Pink!
Your pound cake looks great. Your topping sounds good.
Glad you are back ! And with such a simple beauty !!! Ciao !
Nice to have you back and your pound cake looks lovely! I like the topping idea!
Glad to hear you’re back home and getting settled again.
Cake with Nutella is a nice way to start the day!
So glad you’re back in your house with all of your goodies. The poundcake looks . . . perfect; I’m sorry that the banana and nutella combo didn’t work out the way that you wanted.
By the way, I have the WP article ready to go. I should have it in the mail tomorrow (fingers crossed) — sorry it’s taken so long!
the nutella and bananas sound like a good combo… sorry it didn’t quite work out!
Wow, I love caramelized bananas! The pound cake looks perfect – nice, dense, and moist.
Glad you’re back! I love that you topped the cake with caramelized bananas and Nutella – yum!
I love the idea of the nutella and caramelized bananas!!
Great photos Wendy! Your cake looks terrific. After reading your post this morning I decided to just try my cake plain and found I really liked it that way!
So glad you’re back in your house and that life is settling down for you
I love the idea of grilling and the nutella. I made mine in a bundt pan, otherwise we’d be grilling some tomorrow night and topping with the chunky applesauce I just made.
I am envious you got to meet Eva! I bet she is even more beautiful in person?
Looks perfect to me, especially how you served it up!
it does look perfect! specially with the banana and nutella..
Your cake looks absolutely perfect, it has that great pound cake crack! Bananas and nutella are a wonderful combination, sorry it didn’t work on the pound cake.
Welcome back!!! Your pound cake does look perfect!
Yum, I think just the caramelized bananas would have been perfect but then again I’m partial to bananas.
~ingrid
I love a good pound cake, looks delish!
This is a very pretty loaf of pound cake!!
Your cake looks yummie & I especially love your napkin: just lovely!
It did indeed taste good all by itself. I really like your Nutella/banana combo. And kudos on your article mention
Yum, that nutella and banana pic made me drool!
Katie xox
welcome back!!
hmm, caramelized bananas sounds iffy to me but if it worked for you then hoorah!
your pound cake looks beautiful toasted!!
Nice pound cake
…and what a nice addition to it…banana and nutella…definitely yummie!
Love, love, love the idea of the banans and Nutella on the cake, even if it was a litle overpowering. Congrats on getting a guernsey at the Foodbuzz gig – sounds like it was a fun evening.
Perfect looking pound cake, should be on a food magazine cover. Glad you are back and in the kitchen.
That poundcake is picture-perfect (and a perfect picture, btw!) I agree that so many times plain goodness is best, especially when the recipe is wonderful. No need to hide it with other flavors!
Wendy-
Everything you’ve made in the last few weeks looks just delicious. I’m sorry I haven’t been commenting but I’ve been dealing with health issues. I am catching up on reading your posts. As always, you’ve been busy making yummy food. Thank you for baking pound cake along with me–yours looks lovely. Also, congratulations on being included in the article.
Michele
Fantastic looking pound cake. Simple & perfect! Love it …..
It does look perfect! I would slather nutella & bananas on almost anything : )
Lovely – pound cake is my favorite cake, hands down. And your photos are gorgeous, as usual.