Best 7 Pound Cake I Recipes
Pound cake is a timeless classic that has been enjoyed by generations of dessert lovers. This dense, buttery cake is a staple in many dessert menus, and its versatility enables bakers to experiment with various flavors and textures to create their unique spin on this classic dessert. With endless possibilities, pound cake has become a favorite among both home bakers and professional pastry chefs alike, and its popularity continues to grow.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
HOMEMADE POUND CAKE
Buttery homemade pound cake that's rich with the flavor of shortbread cookies, but still tender and light as a feather.
Provided by Must Love Home
Categories Desserts Cakes Pound Cake Recipes
Time 1h55m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
- Place sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Cream together using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or a hand mixer, on medium speed, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating for 45 seconds after each addition. Add vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds.
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the butter and egg mixture, mixing on low speed, until just blended. Add 1/2 cup milk and beat on low speed until just blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula between each addition. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and milk.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan, filling no more than 2/3 full. Smooth the top with a spoon or a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake is just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes before inverting onto a plate. Allow to cool completely before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 579.5 calories, Carbohydrate 79.4 g, Cholesterol 169.7 mg, Fat 26.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 7.8 g, SaturatedFat 15.7 g, Sodium 172.3 mg, Sugar 54.6 g
PLAIN POUND CAKE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch) loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
- Cream the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, 1 at a time.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
- When the cakes are done, let them cool for 10 minutes. Take them out of the pans, place them on a baking rack and allow them to cool completely. Wrap well, and store in the refrigerator.
EASY POUND CAKE
Bring a smile to your friends and family with a slice of our vanilla pound cake. It's the perfect partner to a cuppa for elevenses or afternoon tea
Provided by Liberty Mendez
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 900g loaf tin with parchment paper (mine was 19cm x 9cm x 6cm). Put all of the ingredients except those for the icing into a large bowl and beat together, either using an electric hand whisk or a wooden spoon until smooth and combined. Pour the mix into the loaf tin and spread evenly with the back of spoon. Bake for 40 - 45 mins.
- Once out of the oven, leave to cool and make the icing. Combine the icing sugar and vanilla paste with three tbsp of water - you may need more but add it gradually to get a thick icing. Spread it over the top of the cake; it's fine if it drips down the edges. Allow to set and then slice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 478 calories, Fat 23 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 62 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 43 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.46 milligram of sodium
"ONE BOWL" PERFECT POUND CAKE
This is the perfect pound cake recipe...plus so easy to prepare and only one bowl to wash! This is a firm cake, so if you are into cutting and shaping cakes, this works well. I have used it for christening and communion cakes, creating crosses, etc and used buttercream frosting. I have also made it in a 9 x 13 cake pan...just adjust time accordingly. The addition of the yogurt really makes a difference in the taste.
Provided by Karen..
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease and flour a tube or Bundt pan.
- Combine all ingredients (I prefer strawberry or lemon yogurt) in a large bowl and blend at low speed.
- Beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour or until top springs back when touched lightly in center.
- Cool in pan for about 15 minutes then remove and cool completely on rack.
- Serve plain or glaze if you like.
POUND CAKE
Pound cake doesn't have to be complicated. This recipe calls for basic ingredients that you most likely have in your pantry. Bake this cake in an angel food or fluted tube cake pan, dust it with powdered sugar and voila, you have a perfect dessert!
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 4h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom, side and tube of 10x4-inch angel food cake pan (tube pan), 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or two 9x5-inch loaf pans with shortening; lightly flour.
- In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat flour mixture into sugar mixture alternately with milk on low speed, beating just until smooth after each addition. Pour into pan(s).
- Bake angel food or fluted tube cake pan 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, loaf pans 55 to 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan(s) to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 230, Carbohydrate 33 g, Cholesterol 65 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 4 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 115 mg, Sugar 22 g, TransFat 0 g
THE VERY BEST POUND CAKE
I found this recipe in a church cookbook around 15 years ago and have been making it since. I never even thought about trying another pound cake recipe because I just don't think it gets any better than this. Make sure that you sift the flour into a measuring cup to total 4 cups. In other words; sift before measuring. I really don't know how much difference it would make but that's the way the recipe was written. And it is all purpose flour. The recipe in the cookbook didn't state what kind of flour so the first time I made it I used self rising. It rose beautifully and looked so pretty. For about a minute and a half. It fairly quickly deflated into a not so pretty mess.
Provided by A Pinch of This ...
Categories Dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 1 cake, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Cream flour and butter together until smooth. I do this part in my stand mixer.
- Beat eggs and sugar together until lemon colored and frothy, I do this part with my hand held mixer.
- Add egg and sugar mixture to flour and butter mixture and mix until smooth and creamy.
- Place batter into a greased and floured 10" tube cake pan. Tap the bottom of the pan on a counter top a couple of times to get rid of any air bubbles.
- Bake @ 300° for 1 ½ hours or until tests done with toothpick.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.3, Fat 26.4, SaturatedFat 15.6, Cholesterol 193.2, Sodium 47.5, Carbohydrate 61.6, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 37.8, Protein 7.4
CLASSIC POUND CAKE RECIPE BY TASTY
This classic pound cake is perfect for any occasion. With a tender, moist crumb and sweet neutral flavor, it's a deliciously blank canvas-serve with fresh fruit, ice cream, or drizzled with your sauce of choice!
Provided by Aleya Zenieris
Categories Bakery Goods
Time 1h35m
Yield 2 loaf cakes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (160°C). Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan or 2 8 x 5-inch (20 x 12 cm) loaf pans with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
- In a large bowl, combine the butter, sugar, and salt. Beat with an electric hand mixer on medium speed for about 6 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula and beat again for 1-2 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- With the mixer running on low speed, add the buttermilk and vanilla. Increase the mixer speed to high and beat for 30 seconds.
- Add ⅓ of the flour mixture and beat on medium speed until incorporated. Add ½ of the sour cream and beat until incorporated. Continue alternating additions of flour and sour cream, scraping down the sides of the bowl between each addition. Beat on medium speed after all of the flour is incorporated for about 1 minute, until the batter is well combined.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared Bundt pan or divide between the loaf pans and bake for about 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted to the center of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan(s) for 15-20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and unmold from the pan(s). Let cool completely.
- Slice and serve.
- Enjoy!
- RECIPE BY: Morgan Baker
Tips:
- Use room temperature ingredients: This will help the batter to mix more evenly and will result in a lighter, more tender cake.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This will help to incorporate air into the batter, which will make the cake rise.
- Gradually add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition: This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
- Sift the flour before measuring it: This will help to ensure that the cake is light and fluffy.
- Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help to ensure that the cake rises evenly.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it: This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.
Conclusion:
Pound cake is a classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, pound cake is a great choice for bakers of all skill levels. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced baker, you are sure to love this delicious and versatile cake.
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