Best Real Old Fashion Pound Cake Recipes

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CLASSIC POUND CAKE



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This Classic Pound Cake recipe uses only 4 simple ingredients that all weigh in at 1 pound each to create a traditional butter cake that is perfect topped with strawberries and whipped cream!

Provided by Shelly

Categories     Cake

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups salted butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
9 large eggs
3 1/4 cups all purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 10- cup bundt pan liberally with nonstick spray and set aside.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter and sugar together for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until combined, scraping the sides as needed.
  • Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour slowly until combined, again scraping the sides to ensure everything is combined evenly.
  • Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 70-80 minutes, or until a knife inserted comes out clean. If you notice it is browning too much on the top, tent with foil.
  • Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes and then release onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice, Calories 433 calories, Sugar 25.1 g, Sodium 223.1 mg, Fat 25.9 g, SaturatedFat 15.5 g, TransFat 0.9 g, Carbohydrate 44.6 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 6.4 g, Cholesterol 165.6 mg

OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE



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This Old Fashioned Pound Cake recipe is one my mother made often throughout my childhood. Dense and buttery, this traditional pound cake is the perfect blank canvas for a fruit glaze or whipped topping.

Provided by Emily Bruno

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 cup unsalted butter, softened, (2 sticks)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
6 large eggs (room temperature)

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour a tube pan.
  • Cream the butter and sugar. The mixture should be light in color, like a pale yellow.
  • Add the eggs one at a time. Continue to mix until the egg disappears completely into the mixture.
  • Slowly incorporate the flour into the mixture one 1/2 cup at a time.
  • Bake for 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool in the pan 10-15 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack and let cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 371 calories, ServingSize 12 people

OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE



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In the South, we love a good pound cake. This one is positively heavenly-sweet and rich but still, somehow, light as a cloud. Creaming the butter and sugar is the most important step when making a pound cake. Give it time to whip up light and fluffy, and scrape down the sides often when adding eggs. This pound cake is perfect served as-is, or you can dress it up with sweetened whipped cream and fresh berries.

Provided by Southern Living Editors

Categories     Cakes

Time 3h30m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose soft-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1 (5-oz.) can evaporated milk
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Shortening
Garnishes: sweetened whipped cream, fresh strawberries

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Place butter in the bowl of a heavy-duty electric stand mixer, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 6 minutes). Gradually add sugar, beating until blended. Beat1 more minute. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition.
  • Combine flour and next 2 ingredients. Combine evaporated milk and cream; add to butter mixture alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a greased (with shortening) and floured 10-inch (16-cup) tube pan.
  • Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 1 hour; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).

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

REAL OLD FASHION POUND CAKE



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My Mother always had Pound Cake and Date Nut Cake in the house. She used so many different recipes using them. I wish now I had been smart enough as a kid to gather all of her recipes using Pound Cake or Date Nut Cake. Whoever said, kids were smart? Mom could whip up some amazing desserts at the last minute just with those...

Provided by Bonnie Beck

Categories     Other Side Dishes

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 lb (2 cups) raw organic butter or european style butter
1 lb ( 4 1/4 cups) cake flour, sifted before measuring
10 extra large fresh organic eggs, room temp. and separated
1 lb (2 cups) granulated pure cane sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract, orange, lemon or fiori di sicilia

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350*. Bake 1 1/4 hours or until cake test done. Grease a bundt pan or two loaf pans.
  • 2. There are two ways of making the dough.
  • 3. Method 1; which I like best. Cream the butter and work in the flour until it looks like cornmeal or cat litter. Beat the egg yolks in a separate bowl and add the sugar and extract. Beat until thick and fluffy. Add the butter and flour mixture slowly to the egg yolk mixture. Continue beating till all is throughly incorporated. Beat the egg whites till stiff. Fold into the other mixture and beat by hand for about 15 minutes.
  • 4. Method 2: Cream butter, sugar and extract untill fluffy. Beat the egg yolks until thick and add to the creamed butter. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold into the egg and butter mixture till well incorporated. Fold in the flour gradually and hand beat for 15 minutes or longer. Pour all into the greased bundt or loaf pans. Bake.
  • 5. If this is the cake I have on hand I use it for my Rum Baba or my Lemon Trifle. Sometimes I will fry slices of the Pound cake and serve Banana Foster over it.

OLD-FASHIONED LEMON POUND CAKE



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This is an old recipe that my grandmother always made. It goes great with coffee and is quick and easy to make. Light lemon flavor that can be accompanied with a lemon glaze if desired.

Provided by Cookin Mama

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
5 eggs
1 cup shortening (such as Crisco®)
5 tablespoons whole milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons lemon extract
¼ teaspoon baking powder

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
  • Combine sugar, flour, eggs, shortening, whole milk, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and baking powder in a large bowl; pour into the prepared pans.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 390.7 calories, Carbohydrate 49.6 g, Cholesterol 77.5 mg, Fat 19.4 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 4.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 39.9 mg, Sugar 33.7 g

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