Half Pound Cake Recipes

VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 6-cup (8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch) loaf pan; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; add vanilla and salt. With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined (do not overmix).
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour (tent with aluminum foil if browning too quickly). Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack, and turn upright to cool completely.

QUARTER OF A POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and mace; add to egg mixture alternately with milk. , Pour into a 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into eight slices.

WONDERFUL BUTTERY MOIST POUND CAKE!

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a large springform pan (do not use a Bundt or tube pan!).
• In a bowl cream the butter with 2 cups of sugar for about 6 minutes (until no sugar granules remain in the creamed mixture).
• Add in the flour and beat until combined (mixture will be thick and coarse).
• Add in eggs (one at a time) mixing well after each addition.
• In a small bowl, whisk the warmed milk with the baking powder, then add into the creamed mixture; mix until combine.
• In another small bowl, dissolve/whisk the lemon juice with the baking soda: mix well until combined.
• Add the lemon juice/baking soda mix to the batter; mix until combined.
• Pour the batter into prepare greased springform pan.
• Combine the 1/3 cup sugar with the chopped nuts.
• Sprinkle on top of cake.
• Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until golden brown, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (I found that 45 minutes in a 325 degree air-convection oven exactly was the perfect baking time for the cake ).
• Cool the cake completely in the pan before removing.
• Delicious!

HALF POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F (165 C).
• Line a 6" x 3" aluminum foil loaf pan with wax paper, by taking a length of wax paper, folding it over lengthwise to fit in the pan, to ease removal of the cake.
• Then grease the pan and paper with butter.
• Beat butter in a small bowl until soft and light.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Beat egg in another small bowl.
• Gradually add to the butter-flour mixture, beating until fluffy.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Stir in flour and baking powder, beat until fluffy.
• spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake about 55 minutes, until edges separate from the pan.
• Cool in the pan about 15 minutes.
• Loosen sides and remove by lifting ends of the wax paper.
• Cool on a wire rack.

HOMEMADE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Place sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Cream together using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or a hand mixer, on medium speed, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating for 45 seconds after each addition. Add vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the butter and egg mixture, mixing on low speed, until just blended. Add 1/2 cup milk and beat on low speed until just blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula between each addition. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and milk.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking pan, filling no more than 2/3 full. Smooth the top with a spoon or a spatula.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake is just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes before inverting onto a plate. Allow to cool completely before serving.

CLASSIC POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease an 8x4 loaf pan.
• Cream butter, vanilla and sugar until very light and fluffy, about 7-8 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat to combine.
• Combine flour and salt. Add flour mixture a little bit at a time, beating just until combined.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool completely.

CLASSIC TWO EGG VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 325 F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• Cut the butter into several smaller pieces.
• Put the butter pieces and sugar in a large mixing bowl. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugar for about 5 to 7 minutes, until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; whisk or stir to blend thoroughly. Set aside.
• In a 1 cup measure, combine the 2/3 cup of milk and the vanilla. Set aside.
• Add about one-third of the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and beat until just barely blended.
• Add half of the milk and blend well.
• Add another one-third of the flour and beat until just barely blended. Beat in the remaining milk until smooth and blended. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat just until blended.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Serve and enjoy.