How to make the ultimate pound cake?
Steps To Making The Ultimate Sour Cream Pound Cake
- Sift dry ingredients together. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time to creamed butter and sugar.
- Stir in sour cream and vanilla to the wet ingredients.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet.
- Pour in prepared pan.
- Bake then cool.
What temperature is the best to bake a pound cake?
- Prep before you start. Carefully read through the entire recipe, and prepare any special ingredients, such as chopped fruits or toasted nuts, before starting to mix the batter. ...
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- Have ingredients at room temperature. ...
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- Don't overbeat. ...
- Prep your cake pan. ...
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What is a perfect pound cake?
Here are 3 picks
- Mademoiselle Louise French Bakery & Cafe, galette des rois. The classic French galette des rois is a glossy, ornately patterned beauty at this downtown corner bakery, and it comes in ...
- La Boulangerie, traditional Louisiana king cake. ...
- Crescent City Connection, traditional Louisiana king cake. ...
Is pound cake and sponge cake the same thing?
Sponge cake and pound cake are cake cousins, their ingredients are similar but not the same: flour, eggs, and sugar for traditional sponge cakes, and add butter for pound cakes, A traditional sponge cake is made with separated eggs, with the whites whipped, so it has a lighter, ‘spongier’ texture.
What is the secret to a good pound cake?
"Pound cake should be light, with a finely textured, moist, and even crumb," says Claire Saffitz, BA's associate food editor and baker extraordinaire. She has created, tested, and made dozens of pound cakes, plus she's well-versed in the science of baking (yep, it's a science).
What flour is best for pound cake?
all-purpose flourCake Flour: Cake flour is lighter than all-purpose flour and produces the best pound cake in my opinion. Since it's so light, the attention remains on the butter. All-purpose flour is simply too heavy for this pound cake recipe; the cake will be heavy as a brick.
How do you make pound cake moist?
Adding buttermilk, sour cream, or cream cheese gives more moisture and flavor to the cake. The acid in buttermilk and sour cream produces a very fine crumb because it tenderizes the gluten in the flour. Sour cream and cream cheese add so much richness that cakes made with them are super moist and almost springy.
How do you make a Paula Deen pound cake?
This classic Southern pound cake from Paula Deen is a year-round favorite!1 cup butter, softened.1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.3 cups sugar.6 large eggs.1 tablespoon vanilla extract.3½ cups all-purpose flour.1 teaspoon baking powder.½ teaspoon salt.More items...
What makes a pound cake rise high?
If you over-beat the eggs, the air in the eggs will cause the cake to rise. It will create a crust that will rise higher than the cake (the same way that eggs can create a crust in brownies, they can create a crust in cakes as well).
Does pound cake need baking powder?
A simple classic pound cake does not utilize any chemical leavening (baking powder or baking soda). This cake relies solely on the air that is mixed into the batter during the creaming process for its rise. This process is known as physical leavening.
Does butter or oil make a cake more moist?
Vegetable oil contributes moistness far more reliably, a result of the fact that oil remains liquid at room temperature while butter solidifies. Liquid contributes to the sensation of moistness, and therefore cakes made with oil often present as moister than their butter-based counterparts.
Can I use a bundt pan for a pound cake?
A bundt pan has decorative sides and tops that range from ridges to fruit, or other still life scenes. It is usually used for pound cake and other dense moist cakes such a coffee cakes. Pound cake batter has a lot more moisture than a standard cake batter due to all the butter, milk and eggs.
Can you over mix a pound cake?
Over beating eggs and dry ingredients can bring in too much air, which can cause dryness. What is this? It also activates gluten, which impacts the texture of the cake. Too much mixing will make it tough and rubbery.
Can I use Crisco in cake mix?
Vegetable shortening or Crisco: for baking crisp pies and pastries. When you're baking and need a substitute for vegetable oil or butter, you can replace them with vegetable shortening or Crisco.
How do you make a cream cheese pound cake from scratch?
Ingredients1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened (3 sticks)8 ounces cream cheese, softened.3 cups granulated sugar, divided.6 large eggs.1 tablespoon vanilla extract.1 teaspoon baking powder.1 teaspoon salt.3 cups all-purpose flour (stir in bag, spoon in cup, level)
What can I use instead of cake flour?
You can make a cake flour substitute with a mix of all-purpose flour and cornstarch (or a cornstarch substitute) because the cornstarch helps inhibit the formation of some of the gluten in the all-purpose flour. The result? A cake that's just as tender as it would be if you used store-bought cake flour.
Kentucky Blue Ribbon All-Butter Pound Cake
This is the recipe my Grandmother would make every year during the holidays. I found the recipe tucked in her Bible when she passed, and it was written in her Grandmother's handwriting. It's been in my family for at least 7 generations, and in 2012, I won a Blue Ribbon at the Kentucky State fair by following her exact instructions.
Jan's Dark Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake
Pretty marbled pound cake with rich, dark chocolate. Simple to make in no time at all! This is a great cake for making a day ahead or freezing.
Sour Cream Pound Cake
Much better than the standard pound cake, I got the recipe from a great-aunt, over 40 years ago.
Grandma Ruby's Buttermilk Pound Cake
This lemon butter pound cake is super-moist and dense. It's not for those watching calories! It's a great comfort food and goes especially well with vanilla ice cream.
Coconut Sour Cream Pound Cake
My mother-in-law always makes this pound cake for holidays. That makes this cake very special, but it really could be made any time of the year! Even people who don't like the texture of coconut love this cake because the only coconut in it is the flavoring.
Cinnamon and Amaretto Pound Cake
This is a great cake to serve at a brunch, alongside a nice hot cup of coffee!
GA Peach Pound Cake
This Georgia peach pound cake can also be made with other fruits such as apple or cherry.
Meet Our Four Pound Cake Contenders
After sorting through dozens of pound cake recipes, I landed on these four, each of which has a slightly different approach.
How I Tested the Pound Cake Recipes
To keep things fair, I made sure to use the same brand of ingredients for all four recipe tests: Florida Crystal sugar, King Arthur Baking flour, Vermont Creamery butter, and eggs from my own chickens. I’m not going to lie, testing four cakes in a day was a LOT, but I wanted them to all be equally fresh when I tasted them.