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Mile High Pound Cake

Nov.posted by Paula 153 Comments

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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

Mile High Pound Cake

Mile High Pound Cake

Mile High Pound Cake is dense, moist and over-the-top good!
Author: Paula
4.79 from 82 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
Servings: 12 slices

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 cups sugar
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 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 and vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes, or until done. Cool on a wire rack.

Notes

Recipe from Paula @CallMePMc.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission that includes copying the ingredient list or entire recipe and posting in the comments on Pinterest for Facebook. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe.
Thank you, Paula

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. Sue says

    03.27.21 at 4:34 pm

    Can I use a cup 4 cup gluten free flour for this recipe?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      03.28.21 at 8:57 am

      You’ll need to add xanthan gum unless your flour blend already contains it. With that being said, even though gluten-free flour brands suggest it works the same are traditional flour in recipes, I have not tested it with gluten-free flour (I plan to soon.)

      Reply
  2. Larry Barker says

    02.23.21 at 9:25 am

    5 stars
    The last several times I have baked this cake it has only risen to about 2.5 to 3 inches. It always used to be at top of pan. Any ideas????

    Reply
    • Paula says

      02.23.21 at 9:35 am

      Are you having any other trouble baking other things? your oven may need calibrating> https://www.callmepmc.com/how-to-calibrate-your-oven/
      Check the date on your flour and baking powder…. have they been from the same package of flour or baking powder? I’m wondering if it’s a bad batch if they’re in date.
      Have you changed brands or flour or baking powder? I’ve read that ‘fresh farm’ eggs don’t rise like ‘older’ eggs, but I’ve never got to test this.
      These are my only thoughts since you obviously know how to mix it and have made it successfully in the past… I feel like it’s got to be an ingredient or possible oven issue.

      Reply
      • Larry Barker says

        02.23.21 at 11:24 am

        5 stars
        I have changed flour recently but everything else is the same. I always use farm fresh eggs. I will go back to original brand of flour. Thanks

        Reply
  3. Simone says

    01.29.21 at 8:01 pm

    5 stars
    Great recipe, thank you! I split in to 3 and add custom flavours (orange & cinnamon, raspberry ripple etc). Comes out beautiful every time, perfect pound cake crumb.

    Reply
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Jo says

    03.12.20 at 2:14 pm

    The ‘ or until done’ part of the recipe is disconcerting to me…. how will I know if the center is done?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      03.27.20 at 9:14 am

      Use a long wooden skewer or toothpick and insert it into the middle of the cake. If it comes out with no crumbs or dry crumbs the cake is down. I have found that so many ovens aren’t calibrated therefore cook differently as well as dark vs light pans cook differently it’s important to know that and judge the doneness yourself.

      Reply
  11. Larry says

    03.03.20 at 3:47 pm

    What is the purpose of the lemon juice?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      03.09.20 at 6:00 pm

      flavor only

      Reply
  12. Sylvia Lint says

    02.23.20 at 6:40 pm

    My aunt use to make aunt Eva’s pound cake. The recipe is similar. Have you ever heard of that cake?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      02.24.20 at 6:14 pm

      No, I haven’t, but I’m about to research it right now. Thanks

      Reply
    • LV Hatfield says

      09.01.21 at 6:13 pm

      What size tube

      Reply
  13. D Cunningham says

    01.08.20 at 10:16 pm

    Being that you’re using lemon juice does the cake have a lemon flavor to it

    Reply
    • Paula says

      01.09.20 at 4:17 pm

      Only a slight lemon flavor. The butter flavor comes through more in my opinion.

      Reply
  14. Karen says

    12.09.19 at 9:43 pm

    5 stars
    This cake is insane!! The crust is a separate experience! Almost angel food like. It was super easy. thanks for the dope recipe.

    Reply
  15. Erin says

    11.19.19 at 8:37 am

    Do I have to use a tube pan ?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      11.20.19 at 1:59 pm

      You can use a bundt if it’s the deeper one like this> https://amzn.to/2O52f5v. Otherwise, it will overflow.
      If you don’t have a deep one and don’t want to get one, you can use a regular bundt but don’t fill it closer than 1.5 inches to the top.
      Use the remaining batter for cupcakes.

      Reply
      • Laquita Parker says

        01.17.20 at 5:07 pm

        5 stars
        Hello, I brought an 18 cup Nordic Ware tub cake pan. I am very excited about using it for this recipe, I know your large Pound cake will fit in it perfectly.
        Thanks

        Reply
  16. Kobe says

    08.23.19 at 7:18 pm

    Hi Paula, I don’t have a stand mixer can I use the hand mixer, thanks

    Reply
    • Paula says

      08.24.19 at 12:18 pm

      Yes, you can.

      Reply
  17. Henetta says

    04.20.19 at 10:42 am

    Hi Paula, should I bake the Mile High Cake on the bottom rack? I tried it on the middle rack and it was under baked in the center. Help🤗

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.20.19 at 12:49 pm

      I use the middle rack. Is your oven calibrated? https://www.callmepmc.com/how-to-calibrate-your-oven/
      It sounds like that may be the problem.

      Reply
  18. Janet says

    03.24.19 at 4:31 pm

    Hi Paula,
    I’m getting ready to prepare this gorgeous cake but I have a question: One of your pictures shows the tube pan lined with parchment paper but your instructions do not address this. How necessary is the paper? Thanks

    Reply
    • Paula says

      03.25.19 at 8:43 am

      Details are written in the post under that photo

      Reply
  19. Tina Robinson says

    02.18.19 at 10:19 pm

    Hi Paula, haven’t tired the recipe yet. Waiting until our Pastor Anniversary comes 2nd Sunday in April. I would like to know if you have an old 3 layer coconut cake recipe made from scratch. I’m looking for one, but as soon as I make this cake, I will post it, and let you know how it turns out.

    Reply
    • Paula says

      02.19.19 at 8:59 am

      I don’t have one here, but I’ll look through my recipe box and see and send it if I do

      Reply
    • Angela says

      05.07.21 at 4:34 pm

      I have a 1950s three layer coconut cake that is incredible! If you want to see it, go to YouTube and search Phyllis Stokes 1950s coconut cake. It is absolutely wonderful. If you have any trouble finding it, message me and I will send it to you.
      Angela

      Reply
  20. Linda Morris says

    02.06.19 at 10:35 am

    5 stars
    Well she is done and how long to cool the poundcake before you flip it out the pan

    Reply
    • Paula says

      02.06.19 at 1:56 pm

      Cool for 15 to 20 minutes before inverting on a tray to cool completely

      Reply
  21. Pamela says

    02.04.19 at 3:38 pm

    5 stars
    Made this and couldn’t believe how huge it baked up. The texture was dense and wonderful! May have only used 8 eggs, but it turned out perfectly. Couldn’t bear to share much of it. Thin slices went around, and then some. No need for an icing.

    Reply
    • Paula says

      02.04.19 at 7:28 pm

      I’m so happy you liked it!

      Reply
    • Nina says

      02.16.19 at 1:54 pm

      Hi Paula. I made the recipe and it was thee bomb.com!! Thanks for sharing. Would you happen to have a mile high pound cake recipe using cream cheese?

      Reply
      • Paula says

        02.18.19 at 9:40 am

        I find the cream cheese pound cake isn’t as tall. The cream cheese makes them super moist and dense but not super tall. I do have these 2 cream cheese pound cakes> https://www.callmepmc.com/coconut-cream-cheese-pound-cake/ and https://www.callmepmc.com/lemon-cream-cheese-pound-cake-recipe/

        Reply
  22. Marlena Lownsberry says

    01.19.19 at 6:15 pm

    5 stars
    I have been wanting to try this pound cake. I have about 3 pound cake recipes and just added this one. This cake cooks so beautifully. It has such a wonderful rise and it is so even. I used fresh Meyer lemon juice and then made a lemon drizzle for the top. I cooked down some strawberries with lemon zest , Juice and sugar and made a homemade whipped cream with lemon zest. It is fantastic. Thank you for this recipe!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      01.21.19 at 7:37 am

      I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I like your toppings!

      Reply
  23. blanchie says

    01.16.19 at 10:18 am

    Hi could I use cake flour instead of flour?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      01.16.19 at 1:51 pm

      I have not tried it with cake flour, but I do know it doesn’t measure cup for cup substitution. You’ll want to research that.

      Reply
  24. Pamela says

    12.12.18 at 12:08 pm

    did you use unsalted butter?

    Reply
    • Paula says

      12.12.18 at 7:11 pm

      I always use salted butter, it’s a personal taste preference. Professionals recommend using unsalted.

      Reply
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