Southern Pound Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer until soft and creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go, about 2 minutes. Gradually add in sugar on medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until the yellow disappears from the previous one.
• Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl. Add sour cream to the creamed butter mixture alternately with the flour, ending with sour cream. Beat in vanilla and almond extract just until combined. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar.

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 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.

NANA'S SOUTHERN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beat well after each addition.
• Add flour, salt and vanilla.
• Bake in tube pan at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes.