In the realm of Southern comfort food, few desserts reign supreme like Paula Deen's Mama's Pound Cake. With its tender, buttery crumb, melt-in-your-mouth texture, and tantalizingly sweet flavor, this classic cake has become an icon of American baking. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, discovering the best recipe for Paula Deen's Mama's Pound Cake is a culinary journey worth embarking on. From traditional variations passed down through generations to modern renditions with a twist, this article will guide you through the delectable world of Mama's Pound Cake, helping you find the perfect recipe to satisfy your sweet cravings and create lasting memories in the kitchen.
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PAULA DEEN'S MAMA'S POUND CAKE
"All southern women are brought up to be able to make several dishes. This is one of them. This is the same recipe that my Maw-Maw used. She served it plain with powdered sugar on top, with strawberries & homemade whipped cream. If you were lucky she would toast you a piece for breakfast, and you could have it with one of her homemade jam's or jellies."
Provided by cajunhippiegirl
Categories Dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Grease & flour a 10" tube pan or bundt pan.
- Sift dry Ingredients.
- Cream butter & shortening together.
- Add sugar a little at a time.
- Cream until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition to fully incorporate the eggs into the batter.
- Add dry ingredients and milk to mixture alternating; starting and ending with flour.
- Mix in vanilla.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until it passes the toothpick test.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 450.9, Fat 21.5, SaturatedFat 11.5, Cholesterol 100.6, Sodium 230.2, Carbohydrate 60, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 40.1, Protein 5.3
NEVER-FAIL POUND CAKE
A simple and delicious pound cake that always turns out great!
Provided by Paula Deen
Categories baking classics sweets vegetarian
Time 20m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Special equipment: a 10-inch bundt pan, greased and floured
- In a large bowl, using a mixer, combine the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in the lemon extract. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
- Place pan in a cold oven and heat oven to 325 °F. Bake cake for 1 hour. Increase the temperature to 350 °F and bake for 30 minutes more.
- *Cook's Note: Do not open the oven door while baking.
- Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
MAMA'S POUND CAKE
A classic dessert that's a total crowd-pleaser.
Provided by Paula Deen
Time 20m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- With a mixer, cream butter and shortening together. To the bowl, add sugar a little at a time. Then, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. In another bowl, stir dry ingredients together then add to mixer alternately with milk, starting with the flour and ending with the flour. Mix in vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
GRANDMOTHER PAUL'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen and the Food Network. I like to make this one in NordicWare's "violet" bundt pan. No frills, just good cake.
Provided by Kay D.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325.
- Cream butter and sugar together with your heavy-duty mixer.
- Add the sour cream and mix thoroughly.
- Sift baking soda and flour together.
- Add the flour to the creamed mixture, alternating with one egg at a time (about 1/2 cup of flour each time).
- Mix well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla and mix well.
- Spoon the mixture into a well greased and floured 10 inch tube or bundt pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in cake tests COMPLETELY clean.
- Let cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Invert cake on wire rack, removing from pan and let cool completely.
- Frost as desired (powdered sugar glaze is good) or leave plain and garnish with fresh berried and freshly whipped cream.
PAULA DEENS CARAMEL APPLE NUT POUND CAKE
Here is another Paula Deen Recipe! I simply LOVE Paula Deen, and if given the opportunity to ever meet this great lady would absolutely wet myself ! She has this in her Magazine "Cooking With Paula Deen" and is one of the contest winners for Brand Name Recipes donated by Linda Rizzo of Trevor, Wisconsin, this one is using Campbells, which is another plus in my book. I am the fundraising Coordinator for our small school up here, and Campbell's Labels for Education is one of our projects to help bring in equipment and extras for our students. Please be sure to check with your local schools to see if they are using these, and don't throw those little points on the label away, they are very valuable for our students.
Provided by Chabear01
Categories Dessert
Time 1h55m
Yield 1 10" fluted cake
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F degrees. Spray 15 cup fluted pan with nonstick baking spray with flour.
- In a medium bowl, combine apples, walnuts and 1/4 cup flour.
- In a large bowl, beat 2 cups butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Reduce speed to low. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Increase speed to high, and add 1 teaspoon vanilla, beat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until mixture is fluffy. Reduce speed to low, and add pudding mix and soup; beat for 1 minute. Increase speed to medium and beat for 1 minute longer.
- In a medium bowl, sift remaining 3 cups flour and baking powder together. Gradually add to butter mixture, and beat until mixture is well combined, about 2 to 3 minutes. Fold in apple mixture.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Drop pan lightly on counter to release any air bubbles. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack. Place wire rack over a large piece of aluminum foil.
- In a small saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter over medium heat. Stir in dark brown sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add cream, stirring constantly until combined. Pour mixture over cooled cake.
RUM POUND CAKE
This recipe is from Paula Deen's magazine called Holiday Baking. This cake looked so good I couldn't wait until the holidays to make it. It was amazing! If you want to try a really nice rum for this cake, if it's available in your area (also good in eggnog) try Captain Morgan's Private Stock. It is a rum with added spices, very nice. I made the glaze with this also. I halved that recipe and it was plenty. The serving size of this depends on how big a slice you cut :) Salt is not listed as an ingredient because I use salted butter but if you use unsalted butter or just want this cake saltier add 1/2 tsp salt.
Provided by LuuvBunny
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F Grease entire 12-cup tube pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
- In a small bowl, combine milk, rum and vanilla.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
- Bake 1 hour and 10-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes clean.
- Pierce top of cake 8-10 times with a thin skewer. Pour Rum Glaze over hot cake.
- Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, invert onto wire rack and let cool completely. Serve cake pecan side up.
- Rum Glaze:.
- In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 382.9, Fat 18.9, SaturatedFat 9, Cholesterol 70.3, Sodium 128.9, Carbohydrate 48.2, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 34, Protein 3.8
THE BAG LADY'S FAVORITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE ( PAULA DEEN )
Recipe from: The Lady & Sons Just Desserts "In the early days of The Bag Lady, this cake was definitely one of those foods on the top of my customers' love list. I made sure that I baked and served it at least once a week. I hope you love it too. This cake freezes very well and is a great treat to have on hand for unexpected or drop-in company. Die-hard chocoholics might want to just throw on their favorite chocolate icing." Please note: this is an adopted recipe and I hope to make it soonest. If you make it before I do, I would appreciate feedback, Thanks ! ZWT REGION: United States of America.
Provided by kiwidutch
Categories Dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition. Add flour and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and mix well.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 3/4 hours, or until cake is done.
- Remove from oven and allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto cake plate and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 426.6, Fat 20, SaturatedFat 9.7, Cholesterol 97.2, Sodium 243.6, Carbohydrate 57.3, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 38.5, Protein 5.3
MAMA GUNN'S POUND CAKE
This prized recipe was highly sought after in Eden, North Carolina. My great-grandma will haunt me forever for making this public, but it's too good to keep to myself.
Provided by Jess Michael
Categories Desserts Cakes Pound Cake Recipes
Time 2h45m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt®).
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; sift the flour mixture twice into a separate bowl. Cream butter, shortening, and sugar in another large bowl until smooth; stir eggs and milk into creamed mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Gradually mix flour into moist ingredients to make a smooth batter; stir lemon and vanilla extracts into batter. Continue mixing until no sugar granules are visible. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is springy and cake is set in the center, about 90 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan until sides separate from pan; turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 677.4 calories, Carbohydrate 82.9 g, Cholesterol 134.9 mg, Fat 35.6 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 8.1 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, Sodium 385.5 mg, Sugar 51 g
PAULA DEEN'S CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE RECIPE - (3.7/5)
Provided by cwyorkiex3
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan (I like to use the nonstick spray that is especially for baking... with the flour mixed into it). 2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until well combined. Add in sugar and continue to mix for about 6 minutes, until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition, until well blended. Gradually add the flour, beating and scraping down the sides until it is all incorporated. Mix in salt and extracts. 3. Pour into prepared pan. Hit the pan gently on the counter about 5 times to help settle the batter and remove any air pockets. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours. The cake is done when it pulls away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. 4. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for about 15 minutes. Invert the cake onto a wire rack and let cool completely before serving. Serves: 12 Tips *To make a simple berry topping, mix two or three kinds of berries with just a spoonful of sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice. Whip some heavy whipping cream, and serve a slice of this cake with freshly whipped cream and berries.
Tips:
- Use room temperature ingredients. This will help the cake batter to mix together smoothly and evenly.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help to incorporate air into the batter, making the cake light and airy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Overmixing will toughen the cake.
- Pour the batter into a greased and floured bundt pan. Do not fill the pan more than two-thirds full, as the cake will rise during baking.
- Bake the cake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting it onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Conclusion:
Paula Deen's Mama's Pound Cake is a classic Southern dessert that is sure to please everyone. With its moist, tender crumb and sweet, buttery flavor, this cake is perfect for any occasion. Whether you serve it for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, this cake is sure to be a hit.
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