Ems Best Southern Pound Cake Recipes

SOUTHERN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with butter.
• Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and stir on medium speed until creamed and fully combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, until completely combined. Add the vanilla extract and sour cream and stir until combined.
• Combine the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl with a whisk. Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture in the stand mixer until just combined. Pour this mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Bake until golden brown and cooked through, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature.
• For the mixed berry compote: Meanwhile, add the blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, granulated sugar, butter and vanilla extract to a medium saucepan and turn the heat on to medium-high. Cook until thickened and syrupy, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and keep warm or let cool to room temperature until ready to serve.
• Remove the pound cake from the loaf pan. Cut slices just under 1 inch thick and shingle the slices on a large platter. Top with the compote and whipped cream and dust with powdered sugar. Garnish with the mint and serve.

BEST EVER FIVE FLAVORED SOUTHERN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and Crisco.
• Add 3 cups sugar and cream again (10 minutes - minimum). Beat eggs until lemon color - add to mixture.
• Sift together: flour, baking powder and salt.
• Alternate milk and 1 tsp all flavorings w/sifted dry ingredients. Pour into a greased and floured 10" tube pan.
• Bake 325° for 1 ½ hours or until cake tests done or depending on oven.
• Dissolve glaze ingredients over low heat in a saucepan. Spoon glaze over cake in pan while hot. Let cool in pan. Keep well and it is better after 1st day.
• NOTE: Put out the butter, Crisco and eggs the night before. The key is that everything is room temperature and you beat the butter, sugar and eggs at least the 10 minutes. After that you only beat enough to mix the dry ingredients.

BEST SOUTHERN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine butter, Crisco, sugar, flour and salt in mixing bowl and beat well with electric mixer.
• Add milk gradually.
• Add eggs, 2 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add baking powder and vanilla and mix well.
• Pour batter in 10" tube pan, bottom of which has been lined with waxed paper and greased.
• Bake 1 hour or until cake tests done.

SYBIL'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.
• Beat butter, sugar, and shortening together with an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in another bowl. Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk and sour cream. Mix in vanilla extract and lemon extract. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 30 minutes.