The Best Pound Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
399
Calories
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  1. Note: After trying 31 pound cakes, we found that the perfect version varies the pound-of-each formula and relies on an unusual mixing method. Be careful not to overbeat the butter-sugar mixture, especially on a hot day - you could rupture the air cells and cause the batter to be heavy. It's important to beat in the eggs very slowly. If you don't think you can pace yourself, set a timer or watch the clock. When you are folding in the flour, fold up from the very bottom of the bowl, otherwise some of the batter will have little flour in it, and this will either rise to the surface, never cooking through, or settle in hard, dense streaks near the bottom of the cake. You may double the recipe and bake the cake in a large nonstick bundt pan (14 cup capacity); the baking time remains the same. The recipe also makes four miniature pound cakes; use four two-cup pans and reduce baking time to 40 minutes. Though best when freshly baked, the cake will keep reasonably well for 4 to 5 days.
  2. 1. Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-by-3 1/2-inch loaf pan (7 1/2-inch capacity) with vegetable shortening or spray. Line the bottom and sides of pan with parchment paper, (see illustrations below).
  3. 2. Beat butter in bowl of electric mixer set at medium-high speed until smooth and shiny, about 15 seconds. With machine still on, take about 30 seconds to sprinkle in sugar. Beat mixture until light, fluffy and almost white, 4 to 5 minutes, stopping mixer once or twice to scrape down sides of bowl.
  4. 3. Mix eggs, yolks, vanilla and water in a 2 cup glass measure with a pour spout, set in a pan of tepid water until mixture is about 70 degrees. With mixer set at medium-high speed, take 3 to 5 minutes to add egg mixture to butter/sugar mixture in a very slow, thin stream. Finally, beat in salt.
  5. 4. Remove bowl from mixer stand. Turn 1/2 cup flour into sieve or shaker; sprinkle it over batter. Fold gently with rubber spatula, scraping up from bottom of the bowl, until flour is incorporated. Repeat twice more, adding flour in 1/2-cup increments.
  6. 5. Scrape batter into prepared pan, smoothing top with a spatula or wooden spoon. Bake until cake needle or tester inserted into crack running along top comes out clean, 70 to 80 minutes. Let cake rest in pan for 5 minutes, then invert onto wire rack. Place second wire rack on cake bottom, then turn cake top side up. Cool to room temperature, remove and discard parchment, wrap cake in plastic, then in foil. Store cake at room temperature.
  7. Note: Lining the Pan
  8. 1. To cover the ends: Cut two pieces of parchment paper large enough so that they cover the ends and overlap both the bottom and corners of the pan by about one-half to one inch. Fit securely into the ends of the pan.
  9. 2. To cover the sides and bottom: Cut one piece of parchment paper large enough to run down the side of the pan, across the bottom, and up the other side, overlapping the top edges by about one inch. Fit securely into the pan, making sure to cover the overlapping portions of the end pieces.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 399.41 Kcal (1672 kJ)
Calories from fat 195.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.77g 33%
Cholesterol 160.41mg 53%
Sodium 162.41mg 7%
Potassium 82.28mg 2%
Total Carbs 46.5g 15%
Sugars 26.69g 107%
Dietary Fiber 0.58g 2%
Protein 5.87g 12%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 2.3mg 13%
Calcium 31mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 375.03 Kcal (1570 kJ)
Calories from fat 183.94 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.44g 33%
Cholesterol 150.62mg 53%
Sodium 152.49mg 7%
Potassium 77.26mg 2%
Total Carbs 43.66g 15%
Sugars 25.06g 107%
Dietary Fiber 0.54g 2%
Protein 5.52g 12%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 2.1mg 13%
Calcium 29.1mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.7
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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