Homemade Pound Cake (Classic) Recipe - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

FAQs

Is it better to bake pound cake at 325 or 350? ›

A steady 325-350 degrees is ideal when it comes to baking pound cake. Position the pan in the middle of the oven, and rotate it once, halfway through the baking time, as it bakes to account for any hot spots.

If the gluten is overworked, you will end up with a tougher and dense pound cake – NOT good. Another way to avoid this is to use cake flour instead of AP flour.

Mistake: Overbeating The Eggs

Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until the yolk disappears. Overbeating the eggs may cause the batter to overflow the sides of the pan during baking or create a fragile crust that crumbles and separates from the cake as it cools.

Pound Cake: To keep: Good at room temperature for 3-4 days, refrigerate if not eating for 4-7 days, freeze if needed beyond these timeframes.

Baking at a lower temperature yields a lighter crust. And not only is the crust lighter, it's more tender, as well. Notice the thicker, darker crust from the cake baked at 350°F (above left), compared to the crust from the cake baked at 325°F.

How long do you leave pound cake in the pan? When it's done baking, let the cake sit in the pan for 10 minutes: no more, no less. It's enough time for the cake to firm up some after baking so that it doesn't fall apart, but not so much time that the cake gets stuck to the pan.

How To Make The BEST Pound Cake Recipe. Now that you're hip to the basic ingredients let's get right into the steps needed to prepare the BEST pound cake! In a large bowl add sifted flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together well to make sure all of the dry ingredients are combined.

Overmixing and its consequences

You see, pound cake is already a naturally dense bake if you don't over-mix the batter, but if you do end up over-mixing it, you are going to make one heavy brick of a cake that doesn't have an appealing texture (via Southern Living).

Either you filled the cake pan too much and didn't bake the cake long enough. Or your oven needs a new heating element.

Too much air and your cake will collapse because it simply can't hold onto all that air. Overbeating can add too much additional air and/or large air bubbles which the cake can't support, causing it to collapse in the oven.

What is the best pan for pound cake? ›

Bundt pans are a baking essential. Their unique construction allows an even browning on denser cakes, like pound cake, with the well-defined curves that are the hallmark of the form. Bundts now come in the shape of rosettes, castles, and even pine forests.

In the oven, the outside begins to cook much faster than the inside; the crack is from the inner batter rising and releasing steam through the semi-cooked outer batter. A pound cake without a crack usually indicates a deflated, overly dense, and decidedly un-fluffy pound cake.

How many eggs are in a pound? Eggs vary in weight since not all eggs are the same. Large eggs tend to weigh just short of 2 ounces each. It takes between 8 and 9 large eggs to equal one pound.

In most cases, yes, leftover cake is perfectly safe to keep overnight [1]. Here's how long it typically lasts: Frosted cakes: These can stay at room temperature for up to 3-4 days if covered properly [3]. Unfrosted cakes: Unfrosted cakes will last for 1-2 days at room temperature [3].

Some of Dawn's favorite baking tips:

Bake your cakes at 325° not 350°. This will allow your cake to rise more. Don't grease the sides of your baking pan. Greasing the sides of the pan will not allow your cake to climb the edges of the pan and grow tall.

The general rule of thumb when baking is “the bigger the pan, the lower the temperature”. You bake a 9” round chocolate cake for about 30-35 minutes at 350° F (175° C). However, if you were putting the same recipe in a 14” pan, you would need to lower the temperature to 325° F (162° C) for 50-55 minutes.

Make sure you follow the recipe's instructions carefully. Cakes typically bake between 325 to 450 degrees F (see chart with Tip #9). Most convection ovens require lowering the temperature by 25 to 50 degrees F, as well as turning off the fan.