Grammy's Kitchen · Pound Cake · Pound Cake
One of 63 pound cake recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
2,294 cooks on preppykitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 103% | 94% |
| total sugar | 91% | 167% |
| egg | 91% | 83% |
| leavener | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 55% | 34% |
| dairy | 55% | 57% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 180 g | 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ((180g)) |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature (113g)) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar ((300g)) |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs (room temperature) |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup sour cream (room temperature (120g)) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
Method: 8 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“From one baker to another this is the pound cake recipe that I’ve been searching for all my life! Even beats the recipe I’ve been using for years! I could never find just the right cake texture; it was always too dense or too airy for what a pound cake should ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I’ve made this cake at least twice a week for the past three weeks because my family loves it so much! It turns out perfect every single time. I’ve also made your Danish recipe before, and that’s become a family favorite as well. Thank you for sharing such del” — a cook, 5.0★