Imperial Pound Cake Recipes

ORIGINAL POUND CAKE FROM 1700'S ENGLAND

Steps:

• Preheat oven 325 degrees.
• In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
• Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each.
• Gradually add sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, til all blended.
• Add lemon juice and lemon rind, blend inches.
• Pour into a buttered and floured tube pan.
• Bake 1hr 15mins to 1hr 30mins; Til toothpick in center comes out clean.

MOM'S MARGARINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon juice. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; mix into the batter alternating with the milk just until blended. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Beat butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat sugar into butter mixture until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the eggs two at a time, allowing each pair of eggs to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts with the last eggs. Pour the flour and nutmeg into the bowl and beat until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 80 minutes. Check for doneness after 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

GREAT AUNT ROSE'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a a 10-inch straight sided tube pan with the margarine wrappers.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the margarine and sugar. Beat the margarine and sugar on medium low speed for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the eggs to the margarine and sugar mixture one at a time and beat until incorporated after each addition.
• Add in the vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
• With the mixer on low, add the sour cream alternately with the dry ingredients. Mix until just incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 60 minutes and check to see if done. A long wooden skewer should come out clean when inserted into the cake. If the cake is not done, continue baking for up to 15 minutes and cover lightly with foil if the top is browning too much.
• Remove the cake from the oven when done. Let cook on a baking rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife between the cake and the edge of the pan and unmold the cake. Tap the sides of the pan to help loosen the cake.
• Place on a cake stand and cool completely before covering.

IMPERIAL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 Degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour a large tube pan.
• In a large bowl, beat Margarine and Sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in Egs, one at a time.
• Beat in Vanilla.
• Slowly add Flour, beating until well mixed.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar and nuts if desired.
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours, or until cake is golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.
• Enjoy!

CLASSIC POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Place a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour the pan of your choice.
• Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl and set aside. Whisk the whole eggs, yolks, milk, and the vanilla together in a 4-cup measuring cup or bowl, and set aside. In a heavy duty mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter at a medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Gradually pour in the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, to cream and lighten the butter. (This should take about 3 minutes.) Once all the sugar is added, turn the machine off and scrape down the sides of the bowl and paddle with a rubber spatula. Continue to beat the butter mixture until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the lemon zest and beat for 30 seconds more.
• Turn the machine off and scrape the sides of the bowl again to assure even incorporation of the ingredients. Turn the mixer to its lowest setting. Gradually pour in the flour, 1/4 cup at a time, and beat the batter for 30 seconds. Gradually add the egg mixture. (It should take about a minute to pour all of it into the batter.) Remove the bowl from the mixer, scrape any batter off the paddle, and finish stirring the egg mixture into the batter with a rubber spatula. Take care not to over mix the batter, but make sure that you scrape the bottom of the bowl to evenly incorporate all of the ingredients.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth over the top with a spatula. Put the cake in the oven and reduce the temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, and the top springs back when lightly pressed, about 1 hour and 30 minutes, for the tube or Bundt pans; and 50 minutes to 1 hour for loaf pans.
• Cool the cake, in the pan, on a rack, for 10 to 15 minutes. Invert the cake onto a flat plate or cardboard. Re-invert the cake and set it right side up on the rack to cool completely. If not serving the same day, wrap in plastic wrap and store at room temperature, for 4 to 5 days or freeze for 1 month.

CLASSIC POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 10- cup bundt pan liberally with nonstick spray and set aside.
• In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter and sugar together for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until combined, scraping the sides as needed.
• Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour slowly until combined, again scraping the sides to ensure everything is combined evenly.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 70-80 minutes, or until a knife inserted comes out clean. If you notice it is browning too much on the top, tent with foil.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes and then release onto a wire rack to cool completely.