Best Lighter Pound Cake Recipes

LIGHT MARBLE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan. Whisk the flour and baking powder in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter and vegetable shortening together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in 3 cups of sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition, then beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating each in well before adding the next. Beat in the applesauce until the liquid ingredients are smooth. Mix in the flour mixture, alternating with the milk, and stir in vanilla extract and lemon juice.
• In a bowl, stir the cocoa powder, 1/4 cup of sugar, and water until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup is smooth. Pour about 3/4 cup of the pound cake batter into the chocolate mixture, and stir to combine. Pour the remaining vanilla cake batter into the prepared tube pan, then pour the chocolate batter over the vanilla batter. With a spoon handle or butter knife, swirl the two batters together a few times (don't overmix) to create a marbled effect.
• Bake the cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, and the sides of the cake pull slightly away from the pan, 70 to 80 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert the cake and remove from the pan onto the wire rack to finish cooling completely.

LIGHTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Spray a 10-inch Bundt pan with nonstick spray
• Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl until blended. Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl until frothy. Whisk in the milk and sour cream.
• With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low. Alternately add the flour mixture and the milk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating just until blended.
• Scrape the batter into the pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean about 55 - 60 minutes. Do not overbake. Let cool in the pan on a rack 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and let cool completely on the rack.

LIGHT LEMON BLUEBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Coat a 12-cup bundt pan with cooking spray; dust with flour.
• Combine cake mix, 1/3 cup lemon juice, vanilla, cream cheese, egg whites and egg in a large bowl; beat at low speed of a mixer 30 seconds.
• Beat at medium speed 2 minutes; fold in blueberries.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan.
• Let cool completely on wire rack.
• Combine sugar and remaining 4 teaspoons.
• lemon juice in a small bowl; drizzle over cake.

LIGHT AND FLUFFY LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together the flour and baking soda in a small bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, cream cheese, and salt together.
• Beat in each egg one at a time. Add the flavors.
• Combine the flour mixture to the wet mixture.
• Finally add the buttermilk.
• Bake in a loaf pan for 50 minutes.

BEST POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans; dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a bowl, whisk together flour and salt. (If making the lighter version, add baking powder at same time as salt.)
• With an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium; beat in vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each and scraping down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture in 2 batches (alternating with sour cream if making the lighter version), beating until just incorporated.
• Divide batter evenly between prepared pans. Tap pans on counter; smooth tops with an offset spatula. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 70-75 minutes. Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool 30 minutes. Turn out cakes onto rack to cool completely.