This recipe makes a Classic Pound Cake that’s great served with fresh berries and whipped cream, but delicious on its own, too!
You should always have a recipe for classic pound cake in your recipe collection. It’s a delicious sweet treat to have with coffee, and it’s super easy to make. You need only 7 ingredients to make this cake. You’ll be happy with the flavor and the texture too.
Ingredients needed:
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- eggs
- granulated white sugar
- butter
- vanilla extract
How to make Classic Pound Cake:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour one 5×9 inch loaf pan.
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Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Set aside.
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In medium bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Set aside.
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Rinse off the beaters and use an electric mixer to cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl. Beat until creamy and light. Mix in the egg yolks, one at a time.
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Gradually blend in the dry mixture. Add the vanilla. Fold the egg whites into the batter.
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Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for one hour. Test doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center. It should come out clean.
See how perfect that cake looks? It has a tender crumb, and it’s buttery and yummy. You don’t need any kind of special pan for to make this classic pound cake. All you need is a loaf pan!
Ways to serve pound cake:
- Pound cake is delicious to eat all on its own.
- A generous spoonful of whipped cream is a great addition to pound cake.
- Berries of any kind or berry sauce served on top is a lovely way to serve pound cake.
- Drizzle chocolate sauce on top of pound cake.
- Cut pound cake into cubes and serve it with dessert fondue.
- Cut pound cake into cubes and use it in a trifle.
Here we chose to serve a little vanilla ice cream on top of our classic pound cake with a drizzle of hot cherry sauce too. Whatever you do with you, it’s going to be good. Enjoy!
Favorite Pound Cake Recipes:
- Blueberry Lime Pound Cake
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pounds Cake with Peanut Butter Glaze
- Million Dollar Pound Cake
- Cream Cheese Pound Cake
- Chocolate Pound Cake
Classic Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 large eggs, separated
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- ½ pound (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325℉. Grease and flour one 5x9 inch loaf pan.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Set aside.
- In medium bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Set aside.
- Rinse off the beaters and use an electric mixer to cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl. Beat until creamy and light. Mix in the egg yolks, one at a time.
- Gradually blend in the dry mixture. Add the vanilla. Fold the egg whites into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for one hour. Test doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center. It should come out clean.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
