Best Better Than Grandmas Pound Cake Recipes

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BEST OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE



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The best old-fashioned pound cake with a perfect, crumbly topping and sweet, tender crumb!

Provided by Lisa @ This Pilgrim Life

Categories     Dessert

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/2 C butter, room temperature
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
3 C sugar
6 eggs, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
pinch of salt
3 C cake flour, sifted

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  • 2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle, cream together the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy with the mixer on medium speed. (No higher than medium).
  • 3. Add each egg, one at a time, blending after each addition. Add both extracts.
  • 4. Turn the mixer down to low and add the salt and the flour a little at a time until it is all added. Mix for another minute on low until the flour is completely incorporated.
  • 5. Grease and flour a tube pan. Pour the cake batter into the pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Sprinkle a couple teaspoons of sugar evenly across the top of the batter.
  • 6. Bake for 90 minutes in preheated oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. (If the cake is not finished at 90 minutes, let it cook for another ten minutes, checking again afterwards).
  • 7. Remove the cake from the oven and set it on the counter and let it rest for 10 minutes. After ten minutes, run a butter knife around the outer edges of the tube pan. Lift the cake out from the pan's outer piece by pulling up on the center tube (while using a pot holder). Set the cake back down on the counter and cover it with a cake cover and let it 'sweat' for ten more minutes.
  • 8. Run the butter knife around the bottom of the cake, separating the bottom of the cake from the pan. Carefully and quickly turn the cake over onto your flat hand or plate, remove the pan's tube piece, and then flip the cake back right side up on a serving plate.
  • 9. Serve with coffee, hot tea, whipped cream, fresh fruit, or other scrumptious things.

GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE



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The PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese adds flavor and texture to this old fashioned dessert!

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Baking Ingredients

Time 1h15m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
6 eggs

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350ºF.
  • Mix flour and baking powder; set aside. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each until blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until blended.
  • Pour into 12-cup fluted tube or 10-inch tube pan sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 440, Fat 24 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 160 mg, Sodium 360 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 7 g

GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE



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After making more of these pound cakes than I can count over the holidays, I've decided to share this fabulous recipe. This is my grandmother's, and it definitely packs on the pounds! Don't leave this lying around your house, because you will eat it all! I also decorate the top with colored sugars depending on the holiday or event.

Provided by Braelyn

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Time 2h10m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 cups white sugar
6 large eggs, at room temperature
3 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons powdered sugar, or to taste

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
  • Beat butter with an electric mixer until soft and creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go, about 2 minutes. Gradually add in sugar on medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until the yellow disappears from the previous one.
  • Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl. Add sour cream to the creamed butter mixture alternately with the flour, ending with sour cream. Beat in vanilla and almond extract just until combined. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 526 calories, Carbohydrate 76.1 g, Cholesterol 142 mg, Fat 22.1 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 7.1 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, Sodium 74 mg, Sugar 51.5 g

BETTER THAN GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE



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This has to be the BEST old time pound cake ever. It is so dense and has a crunchy crust. A favorite in our family. This cake is often requested for birthdays. It is great with fruit and whipped cream.

Provided by Jenny White

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h50m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 cups sugar
1 cup margarine
1/2 cup Crisco
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Cream together sugar, margarine and Crisco.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the flours together.
  • Add flours to the cream mixture, alternating with the milk.
  • Add the vanilla.
  • Beat for 10 minutes, scraping down the bowl several times.
  • Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
  • Place in a COLD oven.
  • Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean. Note: Sometimes this cake has taken up to 2 hours to bake. It all depends on the oven. You don't want to raise the oven temperature because the crust won't form properly.
  • Allow cake to cool in pan for 30 minutes and then run a butter knife around the edges before removing it from the pan.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 563.1, Fat 26.8, SaturatedFat 6.4, Cholesterol 91, Sodium 415.3, Carbohydrate 74.9, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 50.3, Protein 6.6

GRANDMOTHER'S POUND CAKE



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The recipe is from Fannie Farmer Cookbook (1972 edition). It is a buttery dense cake. I have been making it for years. My family loves this cake. My daughter is especially fond of the ends. I have made it to serve plain or as an ice cream cake topped with a frozen fruit mixture. You must use an electric mixer to get the batter light and fluffy.

Provided by Chef Hot Pans

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup butter (no substitutes)
1 2/3 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 cups pastry flour or 2 cups cake flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Set oven at 300 degrees.
  • Butter and flour 1 large or 2 small loaf pans.
  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in eggs one at a time.
  • When creamy fold in the flour and salt.
  • Spoon in pan/pans.
  • Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

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

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