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Simple and easy southern butter pound cake with a heavy hint of lemon.
Slap Yo’ Mamma Good
I ran into this recipe in my Washington Street United Methodist Church’s (Columbia, SC) Bicentennial Cookbook, one of my favorite southern church cookbooks.
This is such an easy old school butter pound cake recipe. It uses simple and minimal ingredients that I bet you have sitt’n in your kitchen right now.
This dreamy cake has that buttery, classic pound cake flavor with a heavy hint of lemon. Plus, because of all that buttah and milk this cake is perfectly moist, rich and dense. Y’all, this jewel is hands down slap yo’ mamma good.
What To Do With This Easy, Moist Pound Cake
As with all pound cakes, this old school butter pound cake can be served at almost any occasion from a church pot luck to an elegant dinner party. You an also serve it to yourself when your down and lonely, as it has been known to help comfort in times of need.
Note, wherever you serve this, you will be a Betty Crocking rock star, because this is one of the best, easiest and moist pound cake recipes ever.
As well as being able to serve this old school butter pound cake practically anywhere, this cake can be served and paired with a so many toppings; such as, fruits, berries, sauces, ice cream, whipped cream, etc.
Even though it’s just brilliant naked it would also be delish with different glazes (my cream cheese glaze would work really well). You can’t go wrong with this amazing cake.
Easy Butter Pound Cake Recipe Ingredients
- Butter softened
- Sugar
- Eggs Room temperature
- Vanilla Extract
- Lemon Extract
- All purpose flour Sifted
- Baking powder
- Milk
Moist Easy Pound Cake Recipe
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, vanilla and lemon extracts
- Add flour, baking powder and milk.
- At 325 bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes and cool.
How Long Should You Let A Pound Cake Cool In The Pan.
Southern Living says in its 10 Steps to the Perfect Pound Cake post, that after removing the cake from the oven place it on a wire rack right side up and let it cool 10 minutes. This helps the cake become sturdy enough to release from the pan without breaking. Letting the cake cool to long in the pan can also be tragic, causing the cake to become damp and stick to the pan.
Because I’ve had enough epic tails of “cakes sticking to the pan fails” I set a kitchen timer for 10 minutes after I remove the cake from the oven and place it on my Nordic Ware wire cooling grid. This helps prevent more heart breaking cake fails.
Does Cake Taste Better The Next Day?
From what I’ve read about cake baking and from my many years of cake baking experience, I say YES!
After a cake sits for a day, the moisture inside the cake is allowed to distribute evenly throughout the cake. This also allows time for the cake flavors to disburse throughout the cake and combine with other flavors.
Final Thoughts On This Simple Butter Pound Cake Recipe
This super easy recipe, with basic every day ingredients, creates a moist, rich, buttery cake with a heavy hint of lemon. Simplicity at its best.
In case you have any queries regarding the recipe feel free to reach out via the comment section or the contact page. Also, if you have tried this recipe, I would love to hear about your experiences.
I have linked to our related recipes below and I’m sure you will love them.
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- Ultimate Whipping Cream Pound Cake
- Easy Peasy Classic Southern Pound Cake
OLD SCHOOL BUTTER POUND CAKE
Equipment
- Stand or Hand Mixer
- Bundt or Tube Pan For bundt pan 10 – 15 cup capacity
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Butter or 3 sticks softened
- 3 cups Sugar
- 6 Eggs Room temperature
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. Lemon extract
- 3 cups All purpose flour Sifted
- 1 tsp Baking powder level off powder in spoon
- 1 cup Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Sift your flour and baking powder
- Cream butter and sugar until they are light and fluffy. Should be lighter in color and less gritty.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing each well before you add the next
- Add vanilla and lemon extracts
- Add flour and baking powder alternating with milk. Start and end with your flour mixture.
- Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Insert a knife or tooth pick and make sure it comes out clean
- Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan
I love pound cake and I’ve been wanting some for a few weeks now. I’ve got to try this recipe!
Sometimes there’s nothing better than a classic. This recipe looks like a winner!
You don’t specify size bundt pan, and in the recipe you don’t specify do you add the baking power to the flour. And when you alternate are you starting with For and ending with flour? If you can please specify so we’ll know
Thanks so much for pointing these out. I’m going to make these clear in the recipe. 1. Yes, add the baking powder to the flour. 2. Start and end with flour when alternating with milk. 3. I used the Nordic Platinum Collection Anniversary Bundt Pan. It is a 10 to 12 cup capacity bundt pan. I hope this answers your questions. Please let me know how this turns out. Thanks again for pointing these out.
Has anyone substitute lemon extract for almond extract? If so, do you prefer it?
Great question. With a pound cake, it is pretty safe to substitute lemon for almond. As long as there is not another flavor in the cake that the lemon would clash with.
Hi Liz,
I want to try this recipe. Please tell me the best butter and milk to use. Thanks
My best advice is to use real butter and not margarine. I probably used Kroger real butter or Land O Lakes. For milk, whole is probably best, but if you don’t have whole, you’ll be fine. I would use cow milk though and not a dairy alternative. Please let me know how this turns out. It is super delicious. Thanks for your question. Great question.
Hi Liz,
Do you use salted or unsalted butter? Thanks for the recipe.
Great question. I always use unsalted in my cakes; however, from what I’ve heard and read, it really doesn’t matter. Thanks for your question. BTW, this is a delicious cake.
Made this cake and it came out good and delicious. I’m keeping this recipe.
Oh, this makes me so happy. So, so glad you liked this butter pound cake. It’s a very simple recipe with simple, delicious flavor. Thanks for your sweet comment.