Home Made Pound Cake Recipe

HOME MADE POUND CAKE RECIPE

Have you been craving delicious pound cake but don’t know how to make it at home?  I’m going to share an easy recipe for homemade pound cake so you can have a slice of this yumminess today!

Where did Pound Cake originate anyway?

Do you ever wonder about the origins of certain baked goods?  As I was making this recipe I kind of wondered where the recipe for pound cake originated.

Europeans had a knack for baking some pretty awesome cakes and baked goods.  So I wasn’t surprised to find out that pound cake originated in the 18^th century in Europe.

I envision a baking Mama in a dark humid part of an old castle.  The kitchen probably had a table where she whipped up her magic.  She probably had an old iron Dutch oven with a lid on top that she hung over a fire to slowly bake her cake.  I bet she was trying to impress her King and this is how she came up with the recipe for pound cake.  I say “she” but it totally could have been a “he.”

Either way, pound cake is still a favorite all over the world.

Pound Cake 101

The classic recipe for pound cake was a pound each of butter, sugar, flour and eggs.  So what would that look like?

1lb. sugar + 1lb. butter + 1lb. flour + 1lb. eggs

It may seem like loads of eggs, sugar and butter but the ratio works and it always comes out perfect.

If you keep the ingredients in proportion to each other, meaning a 1:1 ratio of all ingredients, the cake should come out the same.  The difference would be the amount of batter you ultimately end up with.

Modern Day Mixing Method

Since we aren’t living in the 18^th century, we don’t have to slave in an old castle kitchen.  We bake for fun because we love baking, don’t we?

I honestly tend to use my stand mixer for almost all the recipes I make.  Don’t let that deter you because you can definitely use a hand mixer.  You can even make this recipe like the old days with a bowl and a wooden spoon.  Your arm muscles may get a bit stronger in the process but that’s totally ok, who doesn’t like nice arms 😊

The mixing method I would recommend for making pound cake is the creaming method.  If using a stand mixer, use the paddle attachment.  Otherwise, using the beater on the hand mixer or a good old wooden spoon is fine.

You always want to start with butter that is at room temperature.  Place the butter and sugar in the bowl and mix it to a creamy consistency.

Continue mixing the butter/sugar mixture for a good 3-minutes.  This helps to emulsify the fat in the butter with the sugar.  Then add the eggs, one by one and follow by adding the flour slowly until all of the ingredients are combined.

Pound Cake Flavors

Ok, so now that we’ve talked about what goes into a pound cake and my recommended mixing method, let’s talk about flavors.

Pound cake can be flavored a million and one ways.  Well maybe not literally, but you get what I mean.  The flavors are only limited by your imagination.

The best part about a basic pound cake recipe is you can change the flavor in a snap.  Pound cake flavors can be changed by adding extracts, mix-ins like chocolate chips, coconut, fresh berries, compound flavors and the list goes on.

Let’s try the recipe

For the purpose of this recipe, I cut down the amounts of ingredients.  Don’t worry, the cake is going to come out perfectly.

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