OLD FASHIONED BLUE RIBBON POUND CAKE
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Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake. Tall, buttery, moist, dense. This pound cake is classic and very close to an original pound cake recipe.
Old-fashioned desserts seem to be making a resurgence. My Pound Cake series has been very popular as well as other old-fashioned desserts that I’ve shared. My Old-fashioned Butter Roll, Old-fashioned Sugar Pie, and Old-fashioned Rice Pudding are some of the most popular recipes on callmepmc.com.
Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
I started this series on reviewing Pound Cake recipes because pound cakes are my very most favorite thing in the world to make. I dunno why, but they are. Pound cakes are delectable and unbelievably easy to make with a few basic tips. Overall, I’ve had very good feedback on this series which makes me really happy. I’ve enjoyed baking and testing all the pound cakes and sharing the recipes with you.
I do sometimes get negative comments and it makes me unhappy when a recipe doesn’t work out. I want to stress a few things when attempting not only this Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake and my other pound cake recipes, but any cake recipe in general. Review my post Baking Cakes: Problems and Tips. Some quick tips I have also listed below.
The recipe is correct as written. There are no baking soda or baking powder in it. Traditionally, eggs were the only leavening agent used in pound cakes. Baking soda and baking powder do more than aid in making baked goods rise, they also change the texture of them. To get that traditional pound cake texture that’s crusty on the outside with a dense, moist, soft inside make the recipe as written.
I always use salted real
Pound Cake Tips
- Measure carefully, especially the flour. How do you measure flour? To correctly measure flour, first, sift the flour. Then using a spoon or scoop lightly scoop flour out of its container into a measuring cup. Continue filling the cup until it is overflowing, then using the back of a
butter knife level the flour. Scooping the measuring cup directly into the flour to fill can result in up to 25% more flour than lightly spooning the flour into the measuring cup. More flour in a recipe will make it dense and dry. - Read all about how to Calibrate your oven in this post.
- Use good quality ingredients. Read some of the differences in name-brand and store-bought ingredients here.
- Use real
butter . Refer to number 3 above. - Allow your eggs and
butter to come to room temperature. - I drizzled Lemon Sauce over the cake while the cake was still warm.
- Read all my tips for Baking the Perfect Pound Cake
- *PLEASE NOTE – COOKING TIMES VARY DEPENDING ON IF YOUR OVEN IS CALIBRATED AND IF YOU USE A LIGHT OR DARK PAN. TEST THE CAKE BEFORE THE RECOMMENDED TIME. IF THE CAKE IS TOO DRY, YOU BAKED IT TOO LONG.
- I use this Tube Pan.
- I just want to add again the recipe is correct as written. There is no baking soda or baking powder in it.
- Please refer to this article when changing pan sizes: Baking Times for Different Cake Pans
Recipe for Lemon Sauce {click here}
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Equipment
How to serve Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
This Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake makes a tall and impressive cake. It’s ideal for potlucks and parties. Serve it with in-season berries, whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
The following pound cakes are some of my most popular. You can get all my pound cake recipes here.
- Million Dollar Pound Cake
- Trisha Yearwoods Lemon Pound Cake with Glaze
- Best Triple Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
- Famous Ritz Carlton Hotel Lemon Pound Cake
- Whipping Cream Pound Cake
- Amaretto Pound Cake
- Sour Cream Pound Cake
- BLUE RIBBON BANANA BREAD MUFFINS
- Blue Ribbon Chewy Molasses Ginger Cookies
- ORANGE BUNDT CAKE
- MY TOP TEN MOST POPULAR POUND CAKE RECIPES
- Blue Cheese Biscuits
Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups butter, no substitutes salted or unsalted, at room temperature
- 3 and ½ cup granulated sugar
- 10 large eggs at room temperature
- 4 cups all-purpose flour sifted (always sift, then measure)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Allow butter and eggs to come to room temperature.
- Grease and flour a tube pan or bundt pan. The cake is too large for a regular bundt pan. You need a 10-15 cup bundt pan like this which is larger than a standard bundt. If you don't have a tube pan or large bundt pan, you can make cupcakes with the extra batter. Don't fill the pan closer than 2 inches from the top, or it may overflow. You can use shortening and sugar or use cake release from Wilton! You may need to line the sides of the tube pan with waxed paper so that it is above the top of the pan 2 to 3 inches as shown in the photo. This is a very tall cake.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream 2 cups butter until soft and there are no lumps.
- Add 3 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add one at a time, beating until just mixed in before adding the next egg.
- Lower speed on mixer to low and slowly add 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour.
- Add vanilla and mix in completely.
- Spoon batter into prepared tube or bundt pan. (If using a bundt pan, make sure it’s large enough for batter to double in size.)
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- *PLEASE NOTE – Cooking times vary depending on several factors: if your oven is calibrated and cooking accurately, if you use a light or dark pan, and if you set the cake pan on a cookie sheet to cook. TEST the cake before the shortest recommended time and adjust from there. This is a wonderfully moist cake but it will be dry if you cook it too long.
- Test for doneness with a wooden pick. Insert pick in the center of the cake, if pick comes out clean or with dry crumbs, it is done.
- Remove cake and allow to cool on a wire rack 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.
- The recipe is correct as written. There are no baking soda or baking powder in it.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Love this recipe! My family begs for it, literally ! I would like to try it in 2 loaf pans, to share. How long would I bake ?
I really never have good luck baking in loaf pans. I can’t get the center down before the outside is too browned. Start with the time in this post https://www.callmepmc.com/classic-ricotta-pound-cake/
Could I half this recipe and bake it in a loaf pan? How would it affect the baking time?
I haven’t tried halving or baking in a loaf. I typically don’t like the way they turn out in loaf pans.
I made this today. Best pound Cale recipe I have tried in a while. If my tube pan didn’t fail and leak all over the oven would have been a huge cake. Topped it with some orange glaze.
No baking powder in your recipe. Why?
The eggs are the leavener
Traditional pound cakes are only eggs, butter, flour, and sugar with flavorings.
Your baked goods look amazing! You are no doubt a wonderful baker! I only have one question. The pound cake recipe I’ve always used calls for a pound of sugar, approx. 2 cups, and I see yours calls for almost double that amount. So, is that just a sweetness preference? Or does it make a big difference in the results? I’m just curious.
Thank you, I don’t know why I’m obsessed with pound cakes, but I truly love making them. This particular cake is very large with 4 cups of sugar. Most pound cakes have 3 cups flour and 3 cups sugar, well, I should say most of my pound cakes have this ratio.
How many cups of batter does this recipe make? I have a tin that needs 6 cups of batter and am wondering if this recipe will work for it? thanks!
It fills my 10-inch tube pan to 1.5 inches from the top. I’m not sure how much batter that is, but I’m thinking the tube pan holds 12+ cups.
I share your love for pound cakes and scratch baking.
I have switched to weighing ingredients- have you calibrated your recipes for weights?
I started that and it caused more confusion and questions from readers than cup measurements.
My husband asked for pound cake for his birthday so I tried this recipe. I had never attempted to make a pound cake before, so I was little hesitant but figured hey what the heck give it a try. I read all of the notes and followed the instructions (sift the flour, spoon it into a measuring cup, beat the eggs in one at a time in 1 minute intervals). It turned out beautifully and the taste was absolutely divine! This recipe is a keeper. Thank you so very much.
So so happy you liked it!!
I made this pound cake and followed the recipe and directions exactly. I initially set my baking timer on 1 hr 15 min so I could check out how it was baking. Well, when I checked it I found it to already be completely done and even a bit too overlooked. When it came time to put it on a plate all of the outer edges that touched the pan smelled slightly burnt. The inside tastes great though.
Any suggestions for high altitude adjustments to this recipe?
I’ve never cooked high altitude