Pound Cake Recipe

AnneLa · January 2005

Does anyone have a pound cake recipe that is not too dry and tastes buttery? I can't seem to find one that remains moist after baking.

Whirlwind · January 2005

I may draw fire from the serious cooks in our midst, but I think it's hard to beat a good ole' Sara Lee poundcake straight from your friendly local grocer.

Otherwise, take a regular pound cake recipe and add an 8 oz. carton of sour cream and a tsp. of butter flavoring. A shot or two of rum wouldn't hurt either!

TN HR · January 2005

>I may draw fire from the serious cooks in our
>midst, but I think it's hard to beat a good ole'
>Sara Lee poundcake straight from your friendly
>local grocer.
>
>Otherwise, take a regular pound cake recipe and
>add an 8 oz. carton of sour cream and a tsp. of
>butter flavoring. A shot or two of rum wouldn't
>hurt either!

Rum?!?!?!?!? How about some Old No. 7 or another fine Tennessee sippin' whiskey?

I heard Don D likes rum only in his rum runners and cuba libres but fancies Courvoisier in his pound cakes.

Don D · January 2005

I've never heard of that stuff as I'm a beer drinker, thank you very much.

HRCalico · January 2005

I've experimented with a few and had the same results you describe. Whirlwind has two good suggestions - frozen poundcake is one of my favorite dietary splurges and there's no work involved (except on the treadmill afterwards).

HRinNH · January 2005

I think it's called pound cake because you gain a pound for each slice you eat...sigh...but put some fresh strawberries on top and the guilt starts to fade. I prefer Sara Lee too.

AnneLa · January 2005

I agree that Sara Lee has the best pre-made cake around, but I still like to do my own baking once in a while. Unfortunately, my current pound cake recipes come out dry and crumbly, not at all like Sara Lee.

HRinNH · January 2005

Have you tried mixing pudding or sour cream into the batter? I've heard that helps.

E Wart · January 2005

This is the easiest pound cake recipe I know and is sooo good, espeically when warm. (Can freeze as well.) I have a good friend who made her daughters wedding cake with this.

3 sticks of butter (1 1/2 c)
3 cups sugar
8 oz cream cheese (not sour cream)
6 eggs
3 c cake flour
vanilla to taste (or could use almond) about 1 t

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Leave butter and cream cheese out to soften. Cream butter, sugar and cream cheese. Alternate adding next 2 ingredients and continue creaming. Add vanialla to taste (or almond.)
Grease and flour bundt pan or 2 loaf pans or 2 or 3 round 8-9 inch pans.
Bake 1-1/2 hrs in 350 degrees.

Great with just butter toasted for breakfast or just by itself.

E Wart

AnneLa · January 2005

Thanks.......... I'll give it a try this weekend and see.

Don D · January 2005

A lady here at work would like to know how many points a slice would be.

E Wart · January 2005

I admire her for asking, but I gave up the "counting" years ago. I just love to bake and can't do that and count as the same time.

E Wart

Pound Cake Recipe

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