Name: Butter Pound Cake Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 110 min
Total time: 165 min
Yield: 24, 24 servings
Cuisine: soul food, Southern
Ingredients: 1 pound unsalted butter (room temperature); 3 cups granulated sugar; 4 large eggs (room temperature); 2 large yolks; 1 ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; 3 ½ cups cake flour (sifted); 1 cup heavy whipping cream (room temperature); 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Butter Pound Cake

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Butter pound cake bakes low and slow for a golden crust and a fine, rich crumb. Creaming the butter and sugar thoroughly gives the batter its lift.

Author: Maya Collins
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: About 1 hr 20–40 mins
Total Time: About 1 hr 30–50 mins plus cooling
Yield: 24 1x
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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1 pound unsalted butter (room temperature)
3 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs (room temperature)
2 large yolks
1 ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
3 ½ cups cake flour (sifted)
1 cup heavy whipping cream (room temperature)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Heat the oven to 300°F and grease a 12-cup Bundt pan thoroughly.
Beat room-temperature butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs and yolks one at a time.
On low speed, add half the cake flour and salt, then the cream and vanilla, then the remaining flour, mixing only until combined.
Transfer to the pan and bake about 1 hour 20–40 minutes, until a skewer shows no wet batter. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out to finish cooling.

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