Mammas Pound Cake Recipes

PAULA DEEN'S MAMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease & flour a 10" tube pan or bundt pan.
• Sift dry Ingredients.
• Cream butter & shortening together.
• Add sugar a little at a time.
• Cream until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition to fully incorporate the eggs into the batter.
• Add dry ingredients and milk to mixture alternating; starting and ending with flour.
• Mix in vanilla.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until it passes the toothpick test.

MAMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, Crisco and sugar 10 min. Creaming well is the secret to a velvety texture, so don't skip this step.
• Add eggs; one at a time. Beat well after each addition.
• Incorporate baking powder into flour. Add this flour mixture (approx. 1/2C at a time), alternate with milk. The correct way is to begin by adding dry ingredient and ending with dry ingredient.
• Add flavorings one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Line bottom of tube pan with wax paper. Grease and flour pan well including the center tube. Pour batter into pan evenly around the tube. Shake pan gently to reove air bubbles.
• Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees for 1hr15m, testing for doneness by inserting table knife into cake (the knife should be clean if done). Cool in pan for 20-25m, loosen the cake from the edge of the pan with your knife. Invert cake onto cake plate to finish cooling. Let cake cool completely before slicing.

MAMA GUNN'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt®).
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; sift the flour mixture twice into a separate bowl. Cream butter, shortening, and sugar in another large bowl until smooth; stir eggs and milk into creamed mixture until thoroughly combined.
• Gradually mix flour into moist ingredients to make a smooth batter; stir lemon and vanilla extracts into batter. Continue mixing until no sugar granules are visible. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is springy and cake is set in the center, about 90 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan until sides separate from pan; turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.

MOM'S FAMOUS POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well.
• Add baking powder,vanilla and lemon flavorings; mix well.
• Add 1/3 of the flour and 1/3 of the milk; stir well.
• Repeat until all the milk and flour are added and well combined.
• Bake in prepared (greased/floured) tube pan at 350 degrees for 75 to 90 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean when inserted in center of cake.

MY MAMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 or 350 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl (or stand up mixer) cream butter. Gradually cream in sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
• Toss in lemon peel and juice, blend well. Gradually add flour, mix well.
• Pour into a well greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in pan on a rack about 15 minutes. Invert onto rack and allow to cool completely.