Best Virginia Pound Cake Recipes

CLASSIC POUND CAKE

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Provided by Virginia Willis

Time 1h35m

Yield One 10-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the Bundt pan
3 cups cake flour (not self-rising) or all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
3 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, at room temperature
1 cup whole milk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
5 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon almond extract, optional

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Generously grease a large (10-inch) Bundt pan with butter and set aside.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugar and vegetable shortening until light and fluffy. In a large liquid measuring cup, combine the milk, vanilla, eggs and almond extract if using. Stir to combine. Add the flour mixture and milk mixture to the butter mixture, alternating between the dry and wet ingredients in three parts, starting and ending with the dry. Fill the prepared pan with the batter.
Bake for 15 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake until the cake is warm golden brown and pulls away from the sides of the pan, or a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, an additional 45 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool for 10 minutes. Invert the cake onto a rack to cool completely, at least 20 minutes.

VIRGINIA POUND CAKE

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Rich and velvety, this cake contributed as much toward making Virginia famous as Brunswick stew. Since pound cake uses no baking powder and depends entirely upon eggs and air for leavening, its success depends upon the length of time it is beaten. If beaten by hand, an hour is not too long. Use an electric beater if possible. From the Southern chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.

Provided by Molly53

Categories Dessert

Time 1h50m

Yield 2 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
1 lb cake flour (4 cups)
10 eggs, separated
2 tablespoons brandy
1/4 teaspoon mace

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300°F and grease/flour two loaf pans.
Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition.
Beat egg whites to stiff peaks.
Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored; add to creamed mixture.
Add brandy.
Sift flour and mace; add alternately with stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour into prepared pans and bake for 90 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3736.6, Fat 211, SaturatedFat 124.7, Cholesterol 1545.5, Sodium 1662.4, Carbohydrate 406.1, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 229.4, Protein 52

CLASSIC POUND CAKE

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We've always included pound cake on our family menus, and through the years, I've tried many recipes, I can honestly say this one is the best! It has a very fine, rich texture that makes it unusually smooth. That texture, plus fantastic flavor, makes this pound cake a special treat each time we serve it.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 2h

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole milk

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Gradually add flour alternately with milk, beating just until blended. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

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