Grammy's Kitchen · Pound Cake · Pound Cake
One of 63 pound cake recipes we measured
68 cooks on www.onceuponachef.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 | 68% | 94% |
| total sugar | 167% | 167% |
| egg | 91% | 83% |
| leavener | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 74% | 34% |
| dairy | 74% | 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.
| 300 g | 6 large eggs, at room temperature |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk (see note) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 330 g | 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off |
| 550 g | 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon salt |
| 226 g | 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened |
| Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting (optional) |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My family loves this recipe. I am making it again tomorrow. My question for Jen is: why are the steps in this cake so unusual? Normally, you would cream the butter and the sugar, then add the eggs and the vanilla and then possibly alternate the buttermilk with” — a cook, 5.0★
“Thanks Jenn for the quick response. I used a brand new Nordicware pan and it was sprayed generously with spray with flour. I'm going to increase the baking time and see how that works. Just want to add that I always check your website first when I want to” — a cook, 5.0★