Million-Dollar Pound Cake Recipe

Million-Dollar Pound Cake Recipe Million-Dollar Pound Cake Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 4

We've always included pound cake on our family menus, and through the years, I've tried many recipes, I can honestly say this one is the best! It has a very fine, rich texture that makes it unusually smooth. That texture, plus fantastic flavor, makes this pound cake a special treat each time we serve it.

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Million-Dollar Pound Cake Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 1 hour 40 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 16 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup milk

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Gradually add flour alternately with milk, beating just until blended.
  • Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
  • Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 16 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 slice equals 497 calories, 25 g fat (15 g saturated fat), 143 mg cholesterol, 262 mg sodium, 62 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Million-Dollar Pound Cake in Reminisce January/February 1993, p51

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Reviewed on Aug. 04, 2011 by girl_fiasco

Maybe I just don't know what pound cake is supposed to taste like, but this seems really bland. It's incredibly dense and moist, but even with the extracts it leaves a lot to be desired. It might be better if it had lemon extract instead, just for more flavor and kick. I used cake flour, but I don't think that could possibly be worse than all-purpose flour?

Reviewed on Mar. 06, 2011 by debnbrian

This cake tasted too heavy in the butter. Looking for other pound cake recipes which are lower in fat content.

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2008 by dmcfall

The recipe I got out of Taste of Home said the temperature for baking should be 300 degrees, and that is what I used. This recipe states 325 degrees. Which is correct? I live in high altitude.

 
 

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