19 Mouthwatering Pound Cake Recipes

Pound Cake Recipes – With its moist, dense, melt-in-your-mouth texture, pound cake is a traditional Soul Food dessert. These mouthwatering recipes prove you can do anything with the right ingredients. Super easy to throw together and simple to adapt to ingredients that are in season.

Butter Pound Cake served on white plates with berries and daisies

Pound cake is a sure winner whenever I want to cheer my family up or create a specialty for the holidays. And did I mention it makes a fantastic gift? Southern tradition makes giving a pound cake to friends and family a classic.

Even better is how adaptable it is. Peaches, strawberries, and sweet potatoes all make fabulicious pound cake recipes. And we can’t forget the ever classic 7UP pound cake that will forever have its place in history.

7UP Pound cake with lemons, limes, and 7UP in the background

Where Did Pound Cake Come From?

No one needed to write the original recipe down because it was a pound of everything (butter, sugar, flour, and eggs). Then you add your flavorings. The first known pound cake was recorded way back in the 1700s, but the recipes got fancier as time went on. So now it includes sour cream and other drool-worthy additions.

Secrets to the Perfect Pound Cake

Get your ingredients together before you start.
Set all your ingredients out, so they come to room temperature (especially the butter and eggs). Don’t cheat and warm your butter because it won’t whip correctly.
Use real butter! The fake stuff just doesn’t cut it.
Whip the butter and sugar together until they’re light and fluffy. Beat all you want now because it’s too late as soon as you add the eggs.
Fold the rest of the ingredients in gently. That’s explained in the next tip.
Don’t overbeat. You won’t completely ruin it, but it may be too fluffy, tough, and dry out (Don’t ask how I know🙈).
Grease and flour your cake pan well. That way, your beautiful crust won’t tear.
Don’t rush the oven by turning up the temperature. It should take an hour or more to bake, and rotating it halfway through will help it bake evenly.
Patience is a virtue. Wait 10 minutes minimum and make sure the sides are loose before flipping it out of the pan.

Low-carb pound cake with berries on a white plate

Bundt Cake vs. Pound Cake

A bundt cake refers to a cake baked in a bundt pan, which could be a pound cake. The cake’s shape makes frosting unnecessary, and the glaze drizzled over it is gorgeous. You can even dress it up with just a dusting of powdered sugar.

On the other hand, pound cake is a tried-and-true recipe calling for a pound of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. And you can bake it in any shaped pan you want. You can divide the batter between two cake pans for a layer cake, pour it into one bundt pan, or bake it in a bread pan for a pound cake loaf. Yum!!!

Pound Cake vs. Sponge Cake

This subject could be more than confusing because it depends on where you were born. In Africa, a sponge cake is similar to a pound cake with plenty of butter. If you look closely, it seems more like a half-pound cake.

In other parts of the world, a sponge cake doesn’t have any fat except for eggs. An angel food cake is fat-free because you beat egg whites to fluffiness and add flour for the cake’s base. A European or American sponge cake is almost the same, but it uses whole eggs instead of just the whites.

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Glazed Lemon Loaf – Moist Vegan Pound Cake/Quick Bread!

Lemon loaf cake is made with lemon zest and juice, and sweet vanilla extract! Add a tangy lemon glaze, and this vegan pound cake is perfect!

Where Did Pound Cake Come From?

Secrets to the Perfect Pound Cake

Bundt Cake vs. Pound Cake

Pound Cake vs. Sponge Cake

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Closing Thoughts