OLD FASHIONED BLUE RIBBON POUND CAKE
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Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake. Tall, buttery, moist, dense. This pound cake is classic and very close to an original pound cake recipe.
Old-fashioned desserts seem to be making a resurgence. My Pound Cake series has been very popular as well as other old-fashioned desserts that I’ve shared. My Old-fashioned Butter Roll, Old-fashioned Sugar Pie, and Old-fashioned Rice Pudding are some of the most popular recipes on callmepmc.com.
Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
I started this series on reviewing Pound Cake recipes because pound cakes are my very most favorite thing in the world to make. I dunno why, but they are. Pound cakes are delectable and unbelievably easy to make with a few basic tips. Overall, I’ve had very good feedback on this series which makes me really happy. I’ve enjoyed baking and testing all the pound cakes and sharing the recipes with you.
I do sometimes get negative comments and it makes me unhappy when a recipe doesn’t work out. I want to stress a few things when attempting not only this Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake and my other pound cake recipes, but any cake recipe in general. Review my post Baking Cakes: Problems and Tips. Some quick tips I have also listed below.
The recipe is correct as written. There are no baking soda or baking powder in it. Traditionally, eggs were the only leavening agent used in pound cakes. Baking soda and baking powder do more than aid in making baked goods rise, they also change the texture of them. To get that traditional pound cake texture that’s crusty on the outside with a dense, moist, soft inside make the recipe as written.
I always use salted real
Pound Cake Tips
- Measure carefully, especially the flour. How do you measure flour? To correctly measure flour, first, sift the flour. Then using a spoon or scoop lightly scoop flour out of its container into a measuring cup. Continue filling the cup until it is overflowing, then using the back of a
butter knife level the flour. Scooping the measuring cup directly into the flour to fill can result in up to 25% more flour than lightly spooning the flour into the measuring cup. More flour in a recipe will make it dense and dry. - Read all about how to Calibrate your oven in this post.
- Use good quality ingredients. Read some of the differences in name-brand and store-bought ingredients here.
- Use real
butter . Refer to number 3 above. - Allow your eggs and
butter to come to room temperature. - I drizzled Lemon Sauce over the cake while the cake was still warm.
- Read all my tips for Baking the Perfect Pound Cake
- *PLEASE NOTE – COOKING TIMES VARY DEPENDING ON IF YOUR OVEN IS CALIBRATED AND IF YOU USE A LIGHT OR DARK PAN. TEST THE CAKE BEFORE THE RECOMMENDED TIME. IF THE CAKE IS TOO DRY, YOU BAKED IT TOO LONG.
- I use this Tube Pan.
- I just want to add again the recipe is correct as written. There is no baking soda or baking powder in it.
- Please refer to this article when changing pan sizes: Baking Times for Different Cake Pans
Recipe for Lemon Sauce {click here}
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How to serve Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
This Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake makes a tall and impressive cake. It’s ideal for potlucks and parties. Serve it with in-season berries, whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
The following pound cakes are some of my most popular. You can get all my pound cake recipes here.
- Million Dollar Pound Cake
- Trisha Yearwoods Lemon Pound Cake with Glaze
- Best Triple Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
- Famous Ritz Carlton Hotel Lemon Pound Cake
- Whipping Cream Pound Cake
- Amaretto Pound Cake
- Sour Cream Pound Cake
Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 2 cups butter, no substitutes salted or unsalted, at room temperature, I use this
- 3 and 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 10 large eggs at room temperature
- 4 cups all-purpose flour sifted (always sift, then measure)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract I use this
Instructions
- Allow butter and eggs to come to room temperature.
- Grease and flour a tube (I recommend this one.)or bundt pan. The cake is too large for a regular bundt pan. You need a 10-15 cup bundt pan like this which is larger than a standard bundt. If you don't have a tube pan or large bundt pan, you can make cupcakes with the extra batter. Don't fill the pan closer than 2 inches from the top or it may overflow. You can grease and flour, use non-stick spray, or I absolutely love this cake release product from Wilton! You may need to line the sides of the tube pan with waxed paper so that is above the top of the pan 2 to 3 inches as shown in the photo. This is a very tall cake.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream 2 cups butter until soft and there are no lumps.
- Add 3 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add one at a time, beating until just mixed in before adding the next egg.
- Lower speed on mixer to low and slowly add 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour.
- Add vanilla and mix in completely.
- Spoon batter into prepared tube or bundt pan. (If using a bundt pan, make sure it’s large enough for batter to double in size.)
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- *PLEASE NOTE – COOKING TIMES VARY DEPENDING ON IF YOUR OVEN IS CALIBRATED AND IF YOU USE A LIGHT OR DARK PAN. TEST THE CAKE BEFORE THE RECOMMENDED TIME. IF THE CAKE IS TOO DRY, YOU BAKED IT TOO LONG.
- Test for doneness with a wooden pick. Insert pick in the center of the cake, if pick comes out clean or with dry crumbs, it is done.
- Remove cake and allow to cool on a wire rack 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.
- The recipe is correct as written. There are no baking soda or baking powder in it.
Hey Paula!!!! Great recipes!!!! I’m with Nieces, can cake flour be replaced for AP flour? I’m interested in trying this recipe. Thanks!!!!
Hello! I made (half of) this recipe yesterday and got very good reviews from my parents, grandmother, and sister. I was afraid the cake would be hard, but it’s very soft and moist without being too dense! I did reduce the sugar though and found that it was still sweet enough. Also, since I only made half the recipe I put it in a loaf pan and it worked (although, the middle was still raw so if anyone does it in a loaf pan, maybe a reduction in temperature or covering the pan with foil would be needed). Great recipe; I’ll definitely make this again!
Thank You Kathy ☺making the loaf size now and setting oven to 300°.
Can I use cake flour instead of all purpose flour
I would like to bake this in mini loaves. How much should I fill each mini pan (2/3, 3/4, etc.)?
This sounds and looks amazing! I’m prepping to make this as a friend’s birthday treat now! You cautioned the cake height; will I be ok using a standard 3″ bundt pan?
If you *need* to replace the butter with coconut oil, how much would oil would you recommend using?
I used coconut oil in this recipe, but still used half the amount of butter: https://www.callmepmc.com/blueberry-swirl-pound-cake-with-lemon-glaze/ I recommend this for max taste. If you have to use all coconut oil, it will be a 1 to 1 ratio so replace all the fat in the recipe with coconut oil. It can be either in liquid or solid state.
My cake is still in the oven and I’m looking forward to trying it, but didn’t you mean to use parchment paper instead of waxed paper? It started smoking and set off the smoke alarm.
I make a buttermilk pound cake that everyone loves, I love baking cakes from scratch because you will never find a boxed mix that will be as good. I also use fresh eggs from my own chickens.
I have searching for a sour cream pound cake recipe. The lemon sauce recipe didn’t appear when clicked on the link, is there another way to receive the recipe? 5hank you.
Can you use unsalted butter?
I think you have done an excellent job with your recipes. Keep on posting your goodies and “no” worries about the “this and that” from others because people should know that some adjustments “might” need to made based upon their climate(s) and other factors. I will give you my “WOW FACTOR” for all your efforts.. Congrats to sure a nice web-site and the recipes contained within.
My widowed grandmother supported her 6 children during the Depression baking this cake and others in a wood stove and selling them. It will always be my favorite “real” pound cake. I never got to know my grandmother, but baking cakes mashes me feel like I did.
In this recipe I haven’t see baking powder. It don’t need it? Thank’s so much.
Paula,
My hubby loves pound cake and I can’t wait to make this for him. Pinned.
Annamaria
Love pound cake especially with a dollop of fresh whipped cream topped off with some fresh fruit.
Was wondering what kind of glaze that you put on this cake
I would like to also know the glaze used on this cake. Thank you
I’m not sure if ou get the email when I reply to the other comment or not so I’m replying to you as well, Jane. The lemon sauce is this recipe https://www.callmepmc.com/easiest-lemon-dessert-sauce/
I drizzled it over the cake while it was still a litle warm.
How do you line the pan with waxed paper?
See photo in this post https://www.callmepmc.com/mile-high-pound-cake/
I am so glad you asked I meant to put that in the post. I drizzled this lemon sauce over the cake while the cake was still a little warm. https://www.callmepmc.com/easiest-lemon-dessert-sauce/
Thank You Paula and yes, did receive your email on the lemon sauce.
Thank you so very much
I know what I will be baking this weekend :}
Have a wonderful and enjoyable week
Hi, so I made this cake today for my father’s birthday and it was the worst cake I’ve ever made. I’ve been baking for years so I’m not an amateur. I followed the recipe exactly how it’s written and the final steps and I’m trying to figure what went wrong. It was dry, the top of cake was cracked, and it tasted very doughy; as if it was under baked but my toothpick came out clean when inserted into cake, therefore I’m confused on the great results of comments everyone has mentioned.
It’s hard to figure out what’s wrong without being there. I have made this cake hundreds of times and had it turn out wonderful. I’m sorry it didn’t work for you.
I think it was the huge amount of sugar. I just did one, and it was super sweet and doughy in the middle too.
Yummy! Such simple cake can be eaten with fresh fruit..