Amazing Grandma’s Pound Cake Recipe: The Perfect Dessert

This traditional pound cake recipe is over 100 years old and is the original kind of pound cake: it contains 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour with no salt, baking powder, or flavoring. Vanilla or almond extract can be added if desired.

Recipe Details

Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Additional Time:
10 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 40 mins
Servings:
30
Yield:
3 8×4-inch loaves

Ingredients

  • 3cupswhite sugar

  • 2cupsbutter, softened

  • 6largeeggs

  • 4cupsall-purpose flour

  • cupmilk

Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 8×4-inch loaf pans, then line with parchment paper.

  2. Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in flour alternately with milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter evenly into the prepared loaf pans.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, about 70 minutes.

  4. Run a small knife around the edges of each pan. Allow cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert, peel off the parchment, and cool completely on wire racks.

Editor’s Note:

The magazine version of this recipe bakes two 9×5-inch loaves at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts

Full Nutrition Label
Servings Per Recipe30
Calories264
% Daily Value *
Total Fat
14g
17%
Saturated Fat
8g
41%
Cholesterol
70mg
23%
Sodium
104mg
5%
Total Carbohydrate
33g
12%
Dietary Fiber
1g
2%
Total Sugars
20g
Protein
3g
Calcium
18mg
1%
Iron
1mg
6%
Potassium
43mg
1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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