SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE
The original pound cake appeared in America's first cookbook and was made with one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour. Now that's a lot of cake! Vintage recipes also suggest separating egg yolks from whites and whipping the whites to stiff peaks before folding them into the cake batter. We tested and didn't feel this extra effort was worth the pay-off. We've scaled down the ingredients and the work involved to make a showpiece cake that is perfect for your next family gathering. The key is the sour cream, which balances the sweetness and ensures your cake remains soft for days! This pound cake is moist, dense and dangerously buttery.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a coated 10- to 14-cup Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and dust with flour, making sure to coat all the details of the pan. Invert the pan and shake out any excess.
- Add the butter to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and beat on medium-high speed until very light and fluffy, about 4 minutes more. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix on medium speed until incorporated.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add to the butter mixture in 2 parts and mix on low speed until just incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, using a rubber spatula to smooth the top into an even layer.
- Bake until golden brown and crackly on the surface and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out almost clean with just a few crumbs, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 20 minutes. Invert onto a cooling rack and cool completely before removing the pan. The cake will contract while it cools, making it easier to remove.
- Sprinkle the cake with confectioners' sugar. Top each slice with fresh berries if using.
GRANDMOTHER PAUL'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen and the Food Network. I like to make this one in NordicWare's "violet" bundt pan. No frills, just good cake.
Provided by Kay D.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325.
- Cream butter and sugar together with your heavy-duty mixer.
- Add the sour cream and mix thoroughly.
- Sift baking soda and flour together.
- Add the flour to the creamed mixture, alternating with one egg at a time (about 1/2 cup of flour each time).
- Mix well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla and mix well.
- Spoon the mixture into a well greased and floured 10 inch tube or bundt pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in cake tests COMPLETELY clean.
- Let cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Invert cake on wire rack, removing from pan and let cool completely.
- Frost as desired (powdered sugar glaze is good) or leave plain and garnish with fresh berried and freshly whipped cream.
GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE
This is a recipe the whole family loves. It's always a hit!
Provided by LVJOANNE
Categories Desserts Cakes Pound Cake Recipes
Time 2h
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9- or 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®.
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy and noticeably lighter in color. Add room-temperature eggs 1 at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla with the last egg.
- Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and mace in a bowl. Add flour mixture to the butter-egg mixture alternately with sour cream, mixing until just incorporated. Transfer batter to the prepared pan and spread to smooth top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool for at least 10 minutes before inverting pan onto a cooling rack, and tapping out the cake. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494.3 calories, Carbohydrate 56.7 g, Cholesterol 137.1 mg, Fat 28.1 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 5.5 g, SaturatedFat 17.1 g, Sodium 290.2 mg, Sugar 38.2 g
OLD-FASHIONED SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE
Make and share this Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Pound Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Seabreeze1116
Categories Dessert
Time 2m
Yield 1 cake, 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- ©.
- Old-fashioned Sour Cream Pound Cake.
- Ingredients.
- 3 cups sugar.
- 1 cup butter.
- 6 eggs, separated.
- 2 teaspoons vanilla.
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice.
- 1 cup sour cream.
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, sift before measuring.
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
- 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Instructions.
- Cream together sugar and butter, add the egg yolks one at time; beat well after each addition. Blend in vanilla, lemon juice and sour cream.
- Into a separate bowl, sift sifted flour, salt, and soda. Add sifted dry ingredients to batter; beat well. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- Fold egg whites into the cake batter. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake at 300° for about 1-1/2 hours or until cake tests done.
Nutrition Facts : Sodium 14.2
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