Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe
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Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe is crusty on the outside and velvety smooth on the inside.
Both dense and moist, this Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe is a tried and true cake recipe that will become your family favorite!
Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe
I have many Pound Cake recipes in my repertoire. I have Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe, Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Sour Cream Pound Cake, Greek Yogurt Pound Cake, Chocolate Pound Cake, Blue Ribbon Pound Cake and the list goes on and on. As I’ve stated before, desserts, in particular, Pound Cake are my most favorite thing to make. I’ve been wanting to do a series for you and it finally hit me, “Why not do the one thing that I love the most? Make all the Pound Cake recipes and share them with you!” That’s precisely what I’m going to do over the next few weeks.
Also known as Elvis Presley Pound Cake
I cut this Whipping Cream Pound Cake recipe out of our local newspaper years and years ago. Then about 10 years ago, I also found it in a local cookbook with slight variations. Then I’ve made my own tweaks to the recipe and that’s what you’ll find below.
In the cookbook, they tell a story of how it was Elvis Presley’s favorite pound cake. Now, I live in the town in which Elvis was born. This very well could be true. Or, it could be false. Or, half-true. I’ve found that stories get bigger and more exaggerated the more they’re told so take that with a grain of salt.
My Favorite Pound Cake
What I do know, this is my personal favorite pound cake recipe. It’s sweet without being overly sweet. It pairs well with fresh or grilled fruit. This cake is good with ice cream, fruit sauce, and whipped cream. You may also enjoy it with caramel sauce. And, certainly, it’s good all by itself (my favorite way to eat this Whipping Cream Pound Cake recipe.) Coincidentally, my second favorite pound cake recipe is the Amaretto Pound Cake that I shared earlier with you on callmepmc.com
INGREDIENTS
The amounts are listed below in the recipe card.
- Sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Flour
- Whipping Cream
- Vanilla extract
You may also like my Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake in the video below
Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe Tips
- This pound cake is very dense and moist. The batter is thick and it takes a long time to bake, 1 hour and 15 minutes. It’s is worth the wait. The pound cake is ‘crusty’ on the outside and has a soft, tender texture and small crumb inside. You’ll be tempted to take the cake out at 1 hour because the outside is golden brown. Do not. Test it carefully (without moving the cake too much) with a small, long wooden skewer. The cake is done with no crumbs or dry crumbs are on the skewer.
- First things first, when it comes to measuring flour, a cup is not always a cup. Please read this post on how to correctly measure flour.
- I use this tube pan. You can also use this bundt pan.
- It takes a little patience to make. You’ll need to cream the
butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. - Also, add the eggs one at a time, sometimes I want to dump them all in at once, but resist the urge.
- Finally, allow the cake to cool at least 20 minutes in the pan before inverting it onto a platter.
- Complete detailed instructions are below in the recipe box.
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Ingredients
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter room temperature (no substitution), salted or unsalted
- 6 large eggs at room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream NOT WHIPPED (also known as heavy cream)
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- *Recipe is correct as written, there is no baking soda or baking powder in it. This cake is leavened, traditionally, with eggs.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat on medium butter until smooth. Add sugar and mix until smooth about 2 to 3 minutes on medium speed.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add flour and heavy cream alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
- Add vanilla and mix on low to medium until well combined.
- Pour batter into a prepared 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
- Bake for 1 hour 15-25 minutes at 325 degrees F. Test for doneness with a wooden pick The cake will be done with no crumbs or dry crumbs remain on the pick.
- Cool in the pan for 20 to 25 minutes before inverting onto a serving tray to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container on the countertop 3 to 4 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Just reading over this recipe. Can’t wait to make several of your cakes. In step 2 you say tube pan or Bundt pan but if you have a tube pan wrap foil around the outside of the Bundt pan. I assume you mean tube pan as there would be no need to wrap the Bundt pan. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Yes, wrap foil on outside of tube pan.
Have you made a gluten free pound cake? I would like to eat a gluten free cream cheese or whipping cream pound cake. I am wondering if all you need to do is substitute the regular flour cup for cup with gf flour and it turn out just as good! Any advice would be encouraged!
I have not made a gluten-free pound cake, but it’s on my list. This is the substitution per google search: Substitute all-purpose gluten-free flour in place of all-purpose regular flour at a ratio of 1:1. If you are baking items such as cakes and/or breads, add 1 teaspoon of xanthan gum. This is xanthan gum: https://amzn.to/2YKtGmZ
I’ll message you when I try it!
You can try Bobs Red Mill 1 to 1 baking flour. It already has xanthan gum in it as well as potato starch. I’ve made sugar cookies with it and they actually roll out and stay together.
I made this pound cake and it is delicious. It is moist and a tall cake. Love the flavor of it.
How long would I bake if making cupcakes?? Thanks
20 to 23 minutes
I made the whipping cream pound cake will never make another kind absoluty Devine. Made for my daughter for mother’s day gift.
What is “real butter”
not margarine or butter substitute
Do we need any kind of baking powder?
No, the eggs are the leavener.
Has anyone tried adding chocolate chips to the pound cake? If so, how did it taste and did the chocolate chips sink to the bottom?
I would like to know if the whipping cream should be room temperature or straight from the fridge?
room temp – or close to it
Hello Paula.
I am interested to try baking with your recipe but sadly I do not own a bundt/tube pan. All I have is round pan. May I know if it works in round pan too? If so, which size should I use for this recipe?
Besides, my family members aren’t sweet tooth people. If I am looking for less sweet pound cake. What’s the sugar amount I should use?
Thank you
You can bake a pound cake in a regular pan. I did this one in a 9×13-inch cake pan. You can use 2 round or 2 square 9-inch pans. You can probably decrease the sugar to 2 cups but that wouldn’t be sweet enough for me and I haven’t tested it with 2 cups instead of 3 cups
https://www.callmepmc.com/sheet-pan-pound-cake/