Pound Cake

4.50 from 8 votes

Classic pound cake recipe that yields buttery, velvety, moist, and deliciously dense pound cake. A pound cake recipe that is easy and fun to make.

Prep Time20

Cook Time1 15

Total Time1 35

Course: Baking Recipes

Cuisine: Cake

Keyword: Pound Cake

Servings: people

Calories: 158kcal

Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

6 eggs room temperature
1 cup unsalted butter
8 oz (250g) cold cream cheese cut into 1-inch pieces (2 cm)
2 1/2 cups fine sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
4 teaspoons pure vanilla
3 cups sifted cake flour or 2 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Instructions

Butter and lightly flour your 8x4x2 inch (20x10x1 cm) loaf pans or one 10-inch (25 cm) tube pan, I used a mini loaf pan and makes 4 loaves
Beat the butter on low speed for 2 minutes and add cream cheese. Beat on low speed for 3 minutes until well-blended. While beating, add sugar, salt, and vanilla and turn the speed to medium speed for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Then, add eggs one at a time and continue beating.
Turn the speed to low before adding the flour. Beat the batter until well blended and smooth. Transfer batter into the pan. Shake the pan gently to distribute the batter. Run a spatula in zigzag pattern through the batter, and then top with sliced almonds.
Place on the pan in the center rack of a cold oven and bake at 300°F (148°F) for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a cake tester comes out dry. If you are using a tube pan, bake for 1 hour 45 minutes. Transfer the pound cake to a cooling rack for about 10 minutes before removing from pans and serving.

Notes

Proper creaming is critical for a perfect pound cake. Creaming is the process of blending the butter and sugar together to incorporate air and it usually takes about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. So, don't cheat like I did.

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