Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe
Servings: 2 cakes
Calories: 2703kcal
A classic Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe should be in every cook's recipe box. This is by the far best, soft and buttery pound cake out there!
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Ingredients
- vegetable shortening , for greasing pans
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- powdered sugar if desired
- powdered sugar icing , made with vanilla bean paste, if desired
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans using vegetable shortening and then lightly flour, taping out the excess. Set aside.
- In medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla bean paste/vanilla extract and eggs, beating on high speed 5 minutes.
- Add the flour mixture into the sugar mixture alternately with milk on low speed, beating just until smooth after each addition. Pour the cake batter evenly into the prepared pans.
- Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes; remove from pan(s) to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle with powdered sugar glaze.
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Notes
You can substitute any extract flavoring you'd like, this also tastes great with almond and lemon flavoring.
Nutrition
Calories: 2703kcal | Carbohydrates: 400g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 108g | Saturated Fat: 64g | Cholesterol: 665mg | Sodium: 1317mg | Potassium: 742mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 256g | Vitamin A: 3630IU | Calcium: 341mg | Iron: 10.9mg
