Southwest Georgia Pound Cake

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Just Desserts

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (205)

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Cook Time:
1 hr 15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
16 to 20 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 15 min
Cook: 1 hr 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 45 min

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1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

3 cups sugar

6 large eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup heavy cream

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (you may use lemon or almond flavoring instead)

Generously grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan. Do not preheat the oven.

Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Alternately add flour mixture and heavy cream to butter-sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Stir in flavoring.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Put into a cold oven and set the temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes without opening the oven door. Bake for an additional 15 minutes if necessary. Remove from the oven and cool in pan for 15 minutes. Invert cake onto cake plate. For a real treat, serve yourself a slice while it's still warm.

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recipe Southwest Georgia Pound Cake
Barry Washington, DC 10-26-2009
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You'll never buy Pound Cake from a grocery store again
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

A very moist and simple cake to make; dense but not heavy. This is definitely a Southern recipe.
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Deborah Orland Hills, IL 09-29-2009
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The Best Pound Cake Ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This Pound Cake just melts in your mouth and smells so good. I don't usually like pound cake because it's heavy and dry and... not my favorite, but this one has definately changed my mind.Read more
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Sherika Sarasota, FL 09-25-2009
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Perfect Base Recipe!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is my first cake from scratch. It was perfect! Next time I will jazz it up with lemon extract ad zest though. The... vanilla cake itself is perfect to be jazzed up with sauces. Read more
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Joan Tampa, FL 09-24-2009
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Moist MARBLE Cake
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I really wanted a marble cake in loaf pans so I followed this recipe decreasing the sugar to 2-1/2 cups as I do not like... cakes quite a sweet and increased the baking power to 1 teaspoon. I made a chocolate batter with 1/3 cup each of unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, water plus 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and simmered in a saucepan for 5 minutes, cooled and added about 1 cup of the vanilla batter to the chocolate. Dollop the chocolate over the vanilla batter and finish with vanilla batter. Bake in two loaf pans for 1 hour and may need an additional 10 minutes. Top with sieved powdered sugar. This was incredibly moist and delicious...definately a keeper.Read more
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Vicke Marcus Hook, PA 08-02-2009
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The batter
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I am testing out this recipe for my daughter birthday that is coming up. I followed the directions to a "T" and when the... batter was competed I tasted it and it tasted terrible. I am hoping that this recipe is like pancakes, the batter taste bad but when it cooked it takes amazing. My fingers are crossed!!!!!Read more
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Yolanda Mt. Pleasant, SC 07-27-2009
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The Best Pound Cake Period
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I am always searching for "THE" pound cake recipe to add to my collection. I am soo happy to find this one. I made it for... my family and I got nothing but rave reviews, it only lasted for 2 days. I have already recieved 2 more requests to make it again. I am taking this recipe and claiming it as my own secret family recipe to be passed down for generations (sorry Paula). :-)Read more