Best 7 Old Fashion Butter Pound Cake Recipes

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Are you craving a slice of classic, comforting butter pound cake, reminiscent of grandma's kitchen? With its dense, buttery texture and rich vanilla flavor, this timeless treat is a delight for any occasion. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary journey, let's embark on a sweet adventure together as we explore the secrets of creating the perfect old-fashioned butter pound cake. In this guide, we'll gather the essential ingredients, provide step-by-step instructions, and offer helpful tips to ensure your cake turns out moist, flavorful, and irresistible. So, preheat your oven and get ready to indulge in a taste of nostalgia with our ultimate old-fashioned butter pound cake recipe.

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OLD SCHOOL SOUTHERN BUTTER POUND CAKE



Old School Southern Butter Pound Cake image

This is a classic pound cake with a soft texture and buttery flavor. It is leavened, traditionally, with eggs. There is no baking soda or baking powder in it.

Provided by Paula

Categories     Dessert

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 and ½ cup butter (unsalted, at room temperature)
8 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature)
3 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons pure almond extract
6 large eggs (at room temperature)
1 teaspoon salt
1 and ½ cup all-purpose flour (sifted then measured)
1 and ½ cup cake flour (sifted then measured)

Steps:

  • Please read post above for substitutions and tips.
  • Preheat oven to 325° F. (If you haven't calibrated your oven recently, I recommend you calibrate your oven once a year. For info read: How to Calibrate your Oven.)
  • Coat a 10-inch, 12-cup tube pan or bundt pan with solid vegetable shortening and sugar or Wilton cake release spray.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed until the mixture is fluffy. Stop mixer and scrape sides. Mix again.
  • Add sugar and extracts. Beat until light and fluffy. Stop mixer and scrape sides. Reduce speed to low and mix again.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, alternating with flours 1/2 cup at a time until all eggs and flours are used. Add salt. Stop mixer and scrape sides. Mix again.
  • Transfer batter to the prepared pan.
  • Bake for about 1 hour 20 to 30 minutes or until a tester comes out clean or with dry crumbs. (The internal temperature of the cake will be 200°F when fully cooked.)
  • Allow cake to cool on a wire rack for 15 to 20 minutes before inverting on a tray to cool completely. Wait until the cake is completely cool before frosting.
  • Store in an airtight cake taker either on the counter or the refrigerator. It will stay fresh on the counter 3 to 4 days and in the refrigerator 5 to 7 days. See notes above for freezing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 410 kcal, Carbohydrate 50 g, Protein 5 g, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 117 mg, Sodium 329 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 34 g, ServingSize 1 serving

OLD FASHIONED BUTTER CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)



Old Fashioned Butter Cake Recipe - (3.9/5) image

Provided by á-25649

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour two 8 inch x 2 inch baking pans and set aside. In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add butter, milk, and vanilla. With a hand mixer, beat for 2 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and beat for 2 minutes more. Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing equally between the pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes and then turn cakes out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Add your favorite frosting to the cake.

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE II



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This is my mom's recipe from about 1930. It rises high in the tube pan, is moist, and smells heavenly baking.

Provided by Sylvia Zumpano

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Time 2h

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 ½ cups shortening
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
1 cup milk
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla and lemon extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 454 calories, Carbohydrate 59.3 g, Cholesterol 71 mg, Fat 21.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 5.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 178.5 mg, Sugar 38.4 g

OLD FASHION BUTTER POUND CAKE



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Make and share this Old Fashion Butter Pound Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by johnvac52

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/2 lb salted butter
1 2/3 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
  • *IMPORTANT - ALLOW ALL INGREDIENTS TO REACH ROOM TEMPERATURE*.
  • With mixer on low speed, cream the butter until soft; slowly add sugar while mixer is running.
  • Once all the sugar has been added, beat until the mixture is fluffy.
  • Slowly add eggs, one at a time, mixing each egg well into the creamed mixture.
  • Add the flour and salt, mix until smooth.
  • Add vanilla extract and milk; mix until smooth.
  • Pour into the loaf pan.
  • Bake for 75 to 90 minutes or until golden brown.

OLD SCHOOL BUTTER POUND CAKE



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Members Choice! This cake will get you raves wherever you bring it. The pound cake is so buttery and moist. This recipe is a simple, classic pound cake. Cut yourself a slice alongside a cup of tea. Or, add some fresh berries and whipped cream on top. After one bite, friends and family will be asking you to make this all the...

Provided by Jennifer J

Categories     Cakes

Time 2h

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 c cake flour
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
3 stick butter, unsalted (softened at room temp)
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
3 1/4 c sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp salt
6 large eggs

Steps:

  • 1. Beat butter and cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed until mixture comes together.
  • 2. Add sugar and extracts.
  • 3. Beat until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low.
  • 4. Add eggs, one at a time, alternating with flours 1/2 cup at a time until all eggs and flours are used.
  • 5. Buttered, oil and flour a 10-cup shaped pan such as Bundt pan.
  • 6. Transfer batter to the Bundt pan.
  • 7. Place in cold oven. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours or until a tester comes out clean.
  • 8. Remove cake from pan. Let cool on wire rack.

GRANDMOTHER'S POUND CAKE II



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This recipe is over 100 years old and is the original kind of pound cake: it contains 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour and contains no salt, baking powder or flavoring (but flavoring such as vanilla extract or almond extract can be added if desired!)

Provided by WHOLEGRAINWOMAN

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Time 1h40m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups butter
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
⅔ cup milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 8x4 inch loaf pans, then line with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
  • Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. After removing them from the oven, immediately loosen cake edges with a knife. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans. Strip off the parchment paper and cool completely on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.6 calories, Carbohydrate 33.1 g, Cholesterol 70.2 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 3.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.2 g, Sodium 103.7 mg, Sugar 20.4 g

WESTERN HOMESTEAD OLD FASHIONED BUTTER CAKE



Western Homestead Old Fashioned Butter Cake image

Old fashioned buttery thin crust on the outside of this tube pan cake. There is no salt or milk. Powdered sugar is the key to this cake and you can use butter, margarine or butter flavored Crisco. I use a combination of butter and butter flavored Crisco. No icing necessary. Serve with fruit, whipped cream or whipped jello or any combination. Recipe found in the walls of our homestead built in 1907 tacked along side of Lithuanian newspapers which were used for insulation. I have updated recipe ie. butter flavored Crisco and Pam. They pounded the sugar to become powder with mortar and pestle.

Provided by Montana Heart Song

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 1 large tube cake, 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 lb margarine or 8 ounces butter with 8 oz margarine
1 lb powdered sugar
6 eggs, room temperature
2 3/4 cups regular white flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pam cooking spray

Steps:

  • In mixing bowl, add 1 pound of butter or a combination of butter and margarine or butter and butter flavored Crisco to equal 1 pound.
  • Mix on low speed until soft and blended.
  • Add powdered sugar in one/third amounts, beating each one/third until all is mixed and fluffy.
  • Then add one egg at a time. Beat one minute for each egg.
  • Add vanilla extract.
  • Mix.
  • Preheat oven to 300°F.
  • Spray Pam in a tube or angel food cake pan.
  • Note: You can use butter or margarine also.
  • Add flour, 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup at a time and mix on low speed until blended.
  • Pour batter evenly in pan.
  • Bake 1 1/2 hour in oven. High altitude, cook 5 to 10 minutes more.
  • Turn over tube pan over plate. I guarantee this cake will fall right out on the plate. Serve warm or cool. This is a no fail cake. Do not open the oven door.

Tips:

  • Use unsalted butter at room temperature. This will help the cake have a light and fluffy texture.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help incorporate air into the batter, which will make the cake rise properly.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help prevent the batter from curdling.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together before adding them to the batter. This will help ensure that the dry ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the batter.
  • Bake the cake in a preheated oven. This will help prevent the cake from sinking in the middle.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting it. This will help prevent the frosting from melting.

Conclusion:

Old-Fashioned Butter Pound Cake is a classic recipe that is sure to please everyone. With its simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, this cake is perfect for any occasion. Whether you're serving it for a special occasion or just enjoying it as a sweet treat, this cake is sure to be a hit.

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