“Tried & True, Southern Butter Pound Cake! This pound cake is such an old-fashioned classic with a tender crumb and incredible flavor!”
Visual learner? Watch me make this Southern Butter Pound Cake from start to finish!
Pound cakes are my true love! Like seriously they speak to my heart and soul. Butter pound cakes instantly remind me of childhood summers at my great grandfather’s house in Elberton, GA.
The slam of that screen door, the sound of nothing but buzzing insects and bubbling creeks and catching lightning bugs at dawn!
Ahhhhh memories! Butter pound cakes were always present at his home.
It’s true; you just can’t go wrong with a good, old-fashioned butter pound cake! Whether you are topping it with fresh fruit like peaches or strawberries or just eating it as is, it’s just a Southern classic!
Butter pound cakes are pretty darn simple and a lot like a vanilla pound cake, only with more buttery flavor!
To bump up that buttery flavor and create a delicate crumb, I’m using butter-flavored shortening. If you can’t get your hands on buttered flavored shortening, then regular shortening with a bit of butter flavoring will work just fine!
The texture of this butter pound cake is just perfect! The crumb is so fluffy and moist. It only gets better the next day, and it freezes like a dream!
How To Freeze Pound Cake
At the end of the video, I show you how I like to freeze my pound cakes. Pound cakes are some of the BEST cakes to freeze because once thawed, they come back to that amazing crumb texture & flavor as if it’s freshly baked!
You can ALWAYS find frozen pound cake in my freezer. It’s great for last minute guests! There is nothing like ending a spring/summer dinner with warm pound cake topped with grilled pineapples or freshly picked strawberries & whipped cream! Especially if you can just grab the cake from the freezer and thaw!
To freeze my pound cake I cut the cake into slices. Then I wrap each slice tightly with plastic wrap. Next, I wrap them in foil paper and place the slices in a freezer container.
Now, this might seem like overkill but I even taste a hint of “freezer” on my food, I can’t eat it.
This method keeps pound cake fresh and protected for up to 4 months! Cake thaw really fast so I just place it on the counter and let it thaw out.
Follow along with me!!!!
Southern Butter Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 5 eggs room temperature
- 2 egg yolks room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 teaspoon natural butter flavoring optional but enhances the buttery taste
- 1/2 cup whole milk room temperature
- 1/2 cup buttermilk room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Grease and flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together butter, shortening, and sugar.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each egg.
- Mix in egg yolks.
- Mix in vanilla extract, lemon extract and butter flavoring (if using)
- Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, alternating with the milk and buttermilk.
- Mix until batter is fluffy.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan and shake the pan to even out the top and release any air bubbles.
- Bake for 1 hour and 20 mins. ( Check it at the 1-hour mark. Do not over-bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools)
- Remove from oven and let the cake sit in the pan for about 10 minutes.
- Then remove from pan and place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Slice and serve!
Video
Wanted to thank you for this recipe, I made this for a dear friend of mine because she was craving pound cake. She said it tasted just like what her Grandmother used to make. I used vanilla and butter extracts she isn’t a big lemon fan. I was amazed how lite and moist it was. Thank you, thank you, this is a definite keeper.
The best ever everyone falls in love with this pound cake!!
Can I bake this cake in 2 9×5 loaf pans? How would you suggest I adjust the baking time?
Hi, my name is Chris Brownlee I heard you say you mix your whole milk & buttermilk together how do you alternate that with your flour
I tried this Butter Cake recipe and loved it. This cake is easy to make and very moist. This recipe will go into my recipe collection and will be used regularly.
A delicious cake. My family loved it.
Came out perfectly the second time. The first time it exploded in my oven. Totally my fault. I used self rising flour instead of all-purpose and my butter and eggs were cold. Having ingredients at room temp really makes a difference lol.
Can you use cake flour instead of all purpose flour?
This cake is delicious!! Wonderful Poundcake texture that is buttery and moist. Thank you for your hard work with such great recipes!