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Mile High Pound Cake

Nov.posted by Paula 94 Comments

Mile High Pound Cake is dense, moist and over-the-top good!

Welcome back to my Pound Cake series. This time, I made and tested the Mile High Pound Cake. It’s been one of my favorites for years. It lives up to its name.

Mile High Pound Cake recipe is moist, buttery with a crispy crust outside and buttery texture inside. Simply amazing!

This cake!

Wow!

This Mile High Pound Cake is the largest, tallest, heaviest pound cake I’ve made so far. (See all my pound cakes here.) In fact, I extended my tube pan with this trick to ensure the cake didn’t overflow!

Mile High Pound Cake recipe the perfect accompaniment to fresh fruit, ice crea, whipped cream a light syrup or all on it’s own!

I use a tube pan for this recipe and I still add waxed paper in case it is taller than my pan. I simply cut strips of paper about 3 to 4 inches tall, spray one side of the waxed paper and press to stick it to the inside of the tube pan leaving 2 to 3 inches standing above the pan. Of course, you could purchase a larger pan, but this is the only recipe that I have a problem with rising too high and over-flowing.

 

Mile High Pound Cake recipe is deliciously dense and moist. It has a crusty outside and buttery soft inside.

Mile High Pound Cake

Mile High Pound cake is ridiculously good! The batter is like silk. It’s fluffy, yet rich. It’s smooth and light but has a decadent flair.

Unlike the other pound cakes, I’ve made this cake has baking powder. Most pound cakes are leavened strictly with eggs. Speaking of eggs, this Mile High Pound Cake has 10 eggs! The eggs contribute to that silky texture.

Mile High Pound Cake recipe This cake is awesome in the summer with fresh berries, whipped cream or ice cream. It's just as good in the winter with a hot chocolate or hot caramel drizzle, a hot cup of coffee

I want to teach you how to make the perfect pound cake. This is one of the best pound cakes! It’s

  1. Dense
  2. Buttery
  3. Moist
  4. Soft with a small crumb
  5. Tender
  6. Sweet

 

Mile High Pound Cake recipe a tall beautiful pound cake recipe That's moist, indulgent, buttery and soft.

Get all of my pound cake recipes here.

Mile High Pound Cake recipe has a crunchy crust, it's tall and impressive, it tastes buttery, soft and amazing.

Mile High Pound Cake recipe

Mile High Pound Cake is most like the traditional pound cake than most other pound cakes that I’ve tested. I say this because traditional pound cakes used a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a dozen eggs. It was developed before recipes were written and recorded and persevered time most likely because the ingredient ratios were easy to remember. Mile High Pound Cake has 2 cups of butter, 10 eggs, 4 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar.

Now you know why I was concerned with it overflowing!

I have used a ton of sugar, butter, flour, and eggs since beginning my Pound Cake series! Seriously, though, I have used 18 cups of flour, about six pounds of butter, 3 dozen eggs and 2 pounds of sugar!

 

Mile High Pound Cake recipe is the best pound cake recipe ever! It's very easy, tastes buttery and soft and is tall and impressive

Mile High Pound Cake – tips to make the best pound cake

Here are my very best tips to make the most perfect pound cake! The secret is mix, mix, mix!

  1. Beat the butter until it’s smooth and creamy. It will fluff slightly and become lighter in color.
  2. Beat in the sugar. Again, beat on medium speed until the butter and sugar are smooth.
  3. All refrigerated ingredients need to be at room temperature! (eggs and butter for this cake)
  4. Add one egg at a time, making sure each is incorporated before adding the next egg. On medium speed, this will take just a few turns of the beaters.
  5. Sift and measure the dry ingredients (flour and baking powder) into another bowl. With the mixer on low, spoon the flour & baking powder into the bowl with the other ingredients. Mix until the ingredients are combined but do not over mix! An over-mixed batter results in a tough cake.
  6. Pour the batter into a generously greased and floured or sugared 12-cup tube pan. (I prefer using sugar sprinkled over the solid vegetable shorting in the pan because it doesn’t leave white areas as flour does.)
  7. I do not recommend using a bundt pan for this recipe. See above, even a 12-cup tube pan needs an extra level of security so as not to overflow!
  8. Bake your Mile High Pound Cake at 325 degrees F. (Learn How to Calibrate your Oven!!)
  9. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes then invert on a serving tray to cool completely.
  10. Serve with freshly whipped cream, ice cream, fresh berries, Caramel Sauce, Raspberry Sauce, strawberry sauce, or Orange Curd.
  11. Or, the beauty of a pound cake is it is delicious plain without any embellishments or accompaniments. Enjoy!!

Mile High Pound Cake recipe

One of my popular pound cake recipes is this Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake featured below in the video.

Mile High Pound Cake
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Mile High Pound Cake

Mile High Pound Cake is dense, moist and over-the-top good!
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time1 hr 40 mins
Total Time1 hr 55 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Southern
Keyword: cake, pound cake
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 749kcal
Author: Paula

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 cups sugar
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups butter at room temperature
  • 10 large eggs at room temperature

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and lightly flour bottom of tube pan.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, beating all the time. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
  • Add dry ingredients. Beat. Add lemon juice. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes, or until done. Cool on a wire rack.
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Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 749kcal | Carbohydrates: 99g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 257mg | Sodium: 435mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 66g | Vitamin A: 1200IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2.8mg


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Comments

  1. Mia says

    01.17.21 at 2:52 pm

    This is my ABSOLUTE..favorite I’ve made often today however, wanna make it but don’t have all purpose flour. I do have cake flour. What,if anything, do I do differently?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      01.18.21 at 1:37 pm

      You’re good with cake flour, no alterations… just sift before measuring.

      Reply
  2. Tamika Lewis says

    01.05.21 at 11:24 am

    5 stars
    I love this recipe…I have made it 5 times in the past month.

    Reply
  3. Judith says

    12.22.20 at 1:42 pm

    Is the is the norwick 15 cup bundt pan suitable

    Reply
    • Paula says

      12.22.20 at 3:38 pm

      Yes

      Reply
  4. John Carpenter says

    05.09.20 at 5:37 pm

    Is this a lemon flowered pound cake? If so can you exclude this? Or use other flavors

    Reply
    • Paula says

      05.11.20 at 12:49 pm

      You can substitute any flavoring

      Reply
  5. Tammie says

    04.18.20 at 2:01 pm

    What kind of butter do you use

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.18.20 at 2:47 pm

      You can use salted or unsalted. your preference. But use real butter, not margarine

      Reply
  6. Claudine says

    04.07.20 at 4:17 am

    5 stars
    I love this cake & so are my neighbors

    Reply
    • Elva says

      12.07.20 at 9:38 pm

      My sister used to make a “10 egg cake” when I was little, but it was a marble cake and she lost the recipe. Have you ever experimented with using cocoa powder to make this cake a marble cake?

      Reply
      • Paula says

        12.08.20 at 10:51 am

        I made this one marbled https://www.callmepmc.com/best-fudge-marble-pound-cake/

        Reply
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