Best Buttermilk Pound Cake Recipes

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add alternately with buttermilk and beat well. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

LEMON-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE WITH AUNT EVELYN'S LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.
• Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon extract into batter. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.
• Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons butter, and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar. Mix in the eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the lemon and the vanilla extracts. Gently mix in flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 90 minutes. Do not open oven door until after one hour. When cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan it is done. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

GRANDMA RUBY'S BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together into a bowl. Repeat sifting process 2 more times.
• Beat sugar and shortening together until smooth and creamy. Add flour mixture, buttermilk, eggs, lemon extract, vanilla extract, and butter extract; beat until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

LEMON & BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and flour a loaf tin measuring 22 x 11 x 7cm. Sift the flour with a pinch of salt, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder. Beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then add the lemon zest. Gradually add the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix the buttermilk with the lemon juice. Fold the flour mixture into the batter, alternating with the buttermilk and lemon mixture.
• Scrape the batter into the loaf tin and bake for 40-45 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave to sit for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack with a tray underneath it. Set the cake the right way up.
• To make the syrup, put the ingredients in a small saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Pierce the cake all over with a skewer then, while the cake is still warm, pour the syrup over slowly. Leave to cool.
• Gradually add the lemon juice to the icing sugar and mix until just smooth. If runny, put in the fridge for about 10 mins - you don't want it to set, you just want it become a little firmer. Pour or spread the icing over the cake (the bits that drizzle down the side will be caught by the tray under the cooling rack). This icing won't set hard, but do leave it to set a little before serving.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until well blended.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in flavorings.
• Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (163 degrees C) for 1 hour.

COCONUT-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, using a mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, 8 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed. Add vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down bowl. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with two 1/2-cup additions buttermilk, and beat until combined. With a rubber spatula, fold in 1 1/4 cups coconut.
• Transfer batter to pan and bake until a skewer inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 60 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet, 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack. (Store at room temperature, wrapped in plastic, up to 4 days.)
• Whisk together confectioners' sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Drizzle over cake and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup coconut.

LEMON-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake on the lowest oven rack at 350° for 75-80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. , Run a knife around side and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a wire rack placed over a sheet of waxed paper., In a large saucepan, combine the sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until reduced to 1-1/2 cups, about 10 minutes. , Poke holes in top of cake; spoon about 1/4 cup sauce into holes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Poke holes into sides of cake; brush remaining sauce over cake. Cool completely.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 375 degrees F.
• Coat a 10-inch aluminum tube pan or 2 (9 by 5-inch) loaf pans with 1 tablespoon of butter and dust with 2 tablespoons of the flour.
• Combine the remaining 12 ounces of butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and cream for 6 minutes on medium speed, using the paddle attachment. Stop once to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. With the mixer running at lowest speed, add the eggs, 1 at a time, making sure each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next. Again stopping once to scrape down the sides of the bowl. This will take approximately 1 1/2 minutes. Add the vanilla and salt and beat on medium speed for 30 seconds.
• With the mixer on the lowest speed add the flour in 3 installments, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour, making sure each portion is fully incorporated before adding the next. After the final addition, beat the batter for 30 seconds on medium speed until almost smooth.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared pan(s), dividing evenly if using 2 pans. Bake for 1 hour in a tube pan or in loaf pans, until the internal temperature reaches 210 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. The crust will be golden brown and spring back when pressed, but the crack around the center will appear moist.
• Remove the cake from the oven to a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan(s) and cool on the rack for 10 minutes longer. Store the cake on the rack covered with a tea towel for up to 3 days.

SUPER MOIST BUTTERMILK LEMON POUND CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Use Pam baking spray a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt(R)
• 2. Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg & egg white into the butter mixture before adding the next.
• 3. Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon juice, pudding & zest into batter. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• 4. Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.
• 5. GLAZE' Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, butter, and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.

TO-DIE-FOR BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Next, grease and flour a 9" or 10" tube or bundt cake pan. By spooning lightly into measuring cups, measure 3 cups of flour and then level them off. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt by stirring. Mix cream butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the extracts and beat mixture until it is light and fluffy, about four minutes. Alternate adding the flour mixture and buttermilk to the egg mixture. Carefully pour batter into prepared pan. Gently smooth the top surface of the batter with a rubber spatula. Bake in preheated oven. DO NOT open oven door until after one hour. When cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan, it is done. Let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to finish cooling. If cake doesn't want to release completely from the pan, tap lightly on top and sides of the upside-down pan with a spoon.

"BEST EVER" BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour large bundt pan.
• Spoon flour into measuring cup, add to sifter and when all 3 cups are added, sift.
• Combine flour, sugar and baking soda in mixer bowl of standing mixer (hand-held OK if that is all you have) and mix on medium speed for 30 seconds.
• In separate bowl, lightly beat eggs, then add buttermilk and flavorings and mix.
• Add softened butter and 1/3 of wet mixture to dry ingredients, and mix on medium speed until ingredients are just moistened.
• Scrape bowl down, then beat on high for 1 full minute, turning bowl several times and scraping down sides at least once.
• Add remainder of wet ingredients in 2 additions, beating about 30 seconds after each addition.
• Remove mixer bowl, scrape any batter off beaters into bowl, and with rubber spatula mix batter a few turns to insure that it is well mixed.
• Pour batter into prepared pan, and firmly tap pan on counter top to pop any bubbles in the batter.
• Place on middle rack of preheated oven and cook until done, about 50 minutes to 1 hour.
• If cake bakes longer than 50 minutes, you can butter a piece of foil and lay on top to avoid overbrowning.
• Don't fret if top splits in a circle concentric to the pan -- that is proper for this cake.
• When done, remove to wire rack; cool for 5 minutes, then invert pan and remove (may need to loosen edges with thin knife).
• Do not cover until cool.

BUTTERMILK-MEXICAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Microwave chocolate baking squares in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute and 15 seconds or until chocolate is melted and smooth, stirring every 15 seconds.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate, chocolate syrup, and vanilla until smooth.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or a 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack, and let cool 1 hour and 30 minutes or until completely cool. Garnish, if desired.
• 2 (4.4-oz.) packages Mexican chocolate, chopped, may be substituted for semisweet chocolate baking squares. Omit ground cinnamon, and proceed with recipe as directed.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• Combine shortening, white sugar, eggs, buttermilk, sifted flour, baking soda, baking powder, and lemon extract and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for one hour. Remove cake from pan after it has cooled.

SOUR CREAM-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°. Generously grease and flour a tube pan. Set aside.
• 2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside. In a small bowl, mix sour cream and buttermilk until smooth. Set aside. Keep egg whites in a medium-large bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic to make sure nothing splashes in it.
• 3. In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
• 4. Add 1/3 c. of the flour mixture. Mix just until combined. Then add 1/2 of the sour cream-buttermilk blend. Mix just until combined. Add the rest of the flour mixture alternately with the wet mixture and mix until combined. Let it sit while you beat the egg whites. Make sure the beaters are completely clean or the egg whites won't beat. When they are ready, they will be slightly stiff and should form peaks that curl over when you lift the beaters.
• 5. Carefully fold the egg whites into the batter until all combined.
• 6. Spoon into the tube pan. Lift pan a few inches and drop onto counter to release any air bubbles.
• 7. Bake for 1 hour. Depending on where you live and your oven, baking time may vary. A toothpick inserted in center will come out clean.
• 8. Let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on serving platter or cake saver. Glaze while still warm.
• 9. Recipe for glaze: 3 tablespoons real butter 1 cup powdered sugar 3 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla. Melt butter in small sauce pan. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Pour over warm cake.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325; grease and flour 10" tube or bundt pan.
• sift together flour, soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Cream butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each; add flour mixture alternately with combined buttermilk and vanilla- beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake 1 1/2 hours or until tests done- toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake pulls away from sides of pan.
• Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling completely on a wire rack.
• Combine strawberries and sugar; let stand 30 minutes and serve cake with strawberries and sweetened whipped cream, if desired.

BUTTERMILK BANANA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Beat the shortening at medium speed for 2 minutes or until creamy.
• Gradually add the sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating just until the yellow disappears.
• Combine the bananas, buttermilk and vanilla in a medium bowl.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt together.
• Add the flour mixture to the shorting mixture, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition just until blended.
• Stir in the pecans and spoon the batter into the greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes then remove and cool completely on wire rack.

GLAZED LEMON BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F Butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.
• Beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, until just blended after each addition.
• With mixer at low speed, gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk and lemon juice.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 75-85 minutes, or just until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake.
• Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
• GLAZE; Beat the confectioners' sugar, milk, and lemon juice in a medium bowl until smooth.
• Drizzle over the cake.

BUTTERMILK "DUMP" POUND CAKE

Steps:

• DUMP all ingredients in large mixing bowl and mix with electric mixer on medium speed for 15 minutes.
• Pour batter into greased Bundt or tube cake pan.
• Put into COLD oven.
• Set oven temperature at 325 degrees and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes, or until cake tests done.

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10" Bundt
• 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• 3. Using an electric mixter,cream together the butter, shortening and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Add the vanilla and mix well.
• 4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 3/4 hrs. Remove the cake from the oven and cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a cake plate. Can be served warm.