Desserts

Ultimate Secret: Kentucky’s Award-Winning Butter Pound Cake!

This is the recipe my Grandmother would make every year during the holidays. I found the recipe tucked in her Bible when she passed, and it was written in her Grandmother’s handwriting. It’s been in my family for at least 7 generations, and in 2012, I won a Blue Ribbon at the Kentucky State fair by following her exact instructions. Tastes like pure love!

Recipe Details

Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr
Additional Time:
35 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 50 mins
Servings:
12
Yield:
1 tube cake

Ingredients

  • 3cupsall-purpose flour

  • 1teaspoonbaking powder

  • ½teaspoonsalt

  • 3cupswhite sugar

  • 1 ½cupsbutter, softened

  • 5eggs

  • 1cupmilk

  • 1teaspoonvanilla extract

Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a tube pan with some butter and dust lightly with flour.

  2. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

  3. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk. Mix in vanilla extract. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Full Nutrition Label
Servings Per Recipe12
Calories552
% Daily Value *
Total Fat
26g 		33%
Saturated Fat
16g 		78%
Cholesterol
140mg 		47%
Sodium
339mg 		15%
Total Carbohydrate
75g 		27%
Dietary Fiber
1g 		3%
Total Sugars
51g
Protein
7g
Calcium
70mg 		5%
Iron
2mg 		11%
Potassium
100mg 		2%

* 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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