# Favorite pound cake recipe?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 18, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pound-cake-recipe/734964 "2015-10-18T01:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pound-cake-recipe/734964/1 "2015-10-18T01:06:08Z")

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Over in this week’s MMP thread, the topic of pound cake came up. Long story short, now I really want to make some. I’ve got a great collection of family recipes for all kinds of cakes, but not for pound cake. Can anyone here help? Any favorite versions you’d like to share?

Thank you!

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pound-cake-recipe/734964/2 "2015-10-18T02:28:35Z")

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This is my favorite recipe. Beware, though: The first time I made it, I followed the directions exactly and ended up with enough batter to fill a bundt mold \*\*and \*\*two loaf pans! I used at least half of what I baked to make a Christmas trifle.

> **[Moosewood Pound Cake Recipe - Food.com](https://www.food.com/recipe/moosewood-pound-cake-293065)**
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> This is a rich and delicious pound cake from the Moosewood Cookbook. I have made this in a bundt pan or in two loaf pans.

NB: I was working from the actual cookbook and not this website!

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pound-cake-recipe/734964/3 "2015-10-18T02:55:08Z")

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This [Joy of Baking recipe](http://joyofbaking.com/PoundCake.html) makes a really damn good pound cake. Of course, I replace the 2T of milk with Cointreau, which helps it along …

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pound-cake-recipe/734964/4 "2015-10-18T05:45:49Z")

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I’m a purist. Pound cake is 1 lb of butter, 1 lb of sugar, 1 lb of eggs, and 1 lb of flour. Makes a giant bundt cake or a couple of rectangular loaves.

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-pound-cake-recipe/734964/5 "2015-10-18T19:02:40Z")

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Look for a Sour Cream Pound Cake. My Very Southern Mississippi ex-grandmother-in-law made one to die for, as the saying goes.

Unfortunately, I lost the “perfect recipe” when my apartment in Alaska was flooded with raw sewage & ALL my cookbooks and interleaved recipes were destroyed.