What is a pound cake?
Traditionally, Pound Cake is a plain, dense cake made using only four ingredients: a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of flour. However, there are many different versions today with added ingredients. The result is a heavier cake than perhaps a regular Vanilla Cake, with a tight crumb.
How long to bake a pound cake?
Don’t over mix or your cake will be dry. Bake Pound Cake for approximately 1 hour 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. It should rise quite a bit and go golden on top. If your cake is browning too much, cover with aluminium foil at the 50 minute mark. Try not to over bake your Pound Cake so it’s not dry.
What ingredients do you need to make a pound cake?
You only need everyday ingredients to make this beautiful cake. what is pound cake? Traditionally, Pound Cake is a plain, dense cake made using only four ingredients: a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of flour. However, there are many different versions today with added ingredients.
What is a Georgia Peach pound cake?
This is a great cake to serve at a brunch, alongside a nice hot cup of coffee! This Georgia peach pound cake can also be made with other fruits such as apple or cherry. An easy, yummy, pound cake in cupcake form. I got this recipe out of a Southern Living magazine and modified it a little. Enjoy!
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.
what is pound cake?
Traditionally, Pound Cake is a plain, dense cake made using only four ingredients: a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of flour.
RECIPE TESTING
WOW. What a week. After recipe testing Pound Cake after Pound Cake, I finally found the perfect one. I tried all kinds of methods and ingredients, all with varying results. But there was one that stood out from the pack. She’s a beauty.
Ingredients
Butter: it’s very important to use softened butter (very soft) for this recipe. Do not use cold butter. You want the butter to be soft so it will easily combine with the sugar. This step is crucial in creating a light and tender cake (rather than being dense and dry). More on this below.
The key to a soft Pound Cake
Through the recipe testing process, I learnt that the key to creating a soft and tender Pound Cake that’s not dry, is creaming the butter and sugar correctly.
What does creaming the butter and sugar mean?
Like many Butter Cakes or Vanilla Cakes, this recipe begins by creaming together the butter and sugar. This means using an electric mixer to beat the two ingredients together. However, many people will stop when the two ingredients are simply combined.
Why is it so important for your butter to be soft?
Creaming the butter and sugar shouldn’t take long. However if your butter is too cold, it will take significantly longer to combine and turn pale and fluffy. You run the risk of over mixing and beating too much air into your mixture.
How to make Pound Cake
Begin by creaming together your butter, sugar and vanilla using an electric mixer. If you watch closely, you’ll see that in just a minute or two, not only will the two ingredients combine but they will change in colour and texture. Your butter mixture will become pale and creamy – almost a little fluffy.