Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe – I’ve been making this cake for over 20 years and it never fails me! It is so soft and has great flavor. And that crunchy topping – SO good! Super easy to make with only a few ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, cake flour, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, and orange extract. Can freeze leftovers for a sweet treat later! Make this ASAP!
Originally posted May 17, 2018
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This Whipping Cream Pound Cake is one of our tried and true recipes. I got this recipe from a former co-worker a million years ago. She made the best cakes ever and was kind enough to share her recipe with me. This is a classic pound cake recipe made with simple everyday ingredients. I make this cake all the time and it never lets me down. It is so soft and has great flavor. And that crunchy topping – SO good! You must make this ASAP!
How to Make Whipping Cream Pound Cake
This cake is surprisingly easy to make from scratch with only a few basic ingredients. Start with cream butter and sugar at medium speed in the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one. Add all-purpose flour to butter mixture, alternating with heavy whipping cream. Stir in vanilla and orange extract. Pour the cake batter into a 10-inch tube pan and bake until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely on a wire rack
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- For best results, have all of your ingredients at room temperature. Eggs, butter, milk – everything. I usually set it all out in the morning and bake the cake around lunchtime. It never fails me!
- One cup of cake flour weighs 4.25-ounces or 120 grams. To properly measure flour, give the flour a stir to loosen it up in the container. Use a spoon and lightly spoon the flour into your measuring cup. Use a flat straight edge (like the straight back of a knife) to level off the top of the flour in the measuring cup. Do NOT compact the flour in the measuring cup.
- You can make the cake in any pan you would like. Loaf pan or Bundt Pan.
- If using a Bundt pan I suggest using a large 15-cup Bundt cake pan. If using a smaller bundt cake pan, you will have leftover batter.
- I use Bakers Joy or Pam Baking Spray to grease and flour the tube pan. Either works great. You can also use Crisco or butter and dust the pan with flour.
- Feel free to mix up the flavors in this cake. Lemon extract, almond extract, and some lemon zest all work great in this recipe.
- Can pound cake be made in advance? Yes! You can make the cake ahead of time and store it in an airtight container for 3 to 4 days. The cake will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- Can pound cake be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the baked cake. Wrap the cooled cake in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. The cake will keep for up to 6 months in the freezer.
Whipping Cream Bundt Cake
This cake is one of our favorite pound cake recipes. It is a great recipe for potlucks, parties, cookouts, special occasions, holiday meals, or a homemade gift. We like to top the cake with some whipped cream and fresh berries. Vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce are also good!! Give this delicious pound cake a try the next time you need a dessert. It is sure to become a family favorite.
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Whipping Cream Pound Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp orange extract
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Grease and flour a 18-cup tube pan.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
- Add flour to butter/sugar mixture, alternating with heavy cream.
- Stir in flavorings. Pour into prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely.
Notes:
- The key to making this cake is to have all of your ingredients at room temperature. Eggs, butter, milk – everything. I usually set it all out in the morning and bake the cake around lunchtime. It never fails me!
- One cup of cake flour weighs 4.25-ounces or 120 grams. To properly measure flour, give the flour a stir to loosen it up in the container. Use a spoon and lightly spoon the flour into your measuring cup. Use a flat straight edge (like the straight back of a knife) to level off the top of the flour in the measuring cup. Do NOT compact the flour in the measuring cup.
- I use Bakers Joy or Pam Baking Spray to grease and flour the tube pan. Either works great. You can also use Crisco or butter and dust the pan with flour.
- Can pound cake be made in advance? Yes! You can make the cake ahead of time and store it in an airtight container for 3 to 4 days. The cake will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- Can pound cake be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the baked cake. Wrap the cooled cake in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. The cake will keep for up to 6 months in the freezer.
Steph
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I have done a pound cake recipe in 2, 9-inch loaf pans before. Works great, making sure they are equally divided. I weigh each till equal. Then just bake the same way you bake a loaf cake. Also after spraying the pans I line the bottom with a fitted piece of waxed paper…..Bake the same time you would bake any loaf cake.
Could you cut the recipe in half and if yes, what size pan would work best and what cooking time?
I cut recipe in half and bake in large muffin pans. They freeze very well. I live alone and use them one at a time. love them split in half Top with strawberries and homemade whipped cream. The whipped cream blends with the cake. Bake about 30 minutes
Hands down the one of the best pounds cakes ever. 2 Thumbs up and 5 stars.
One of the best cakes ever! Thinking this was Elvis' favorite cake too … thank you, thank you very much! Haha
Could this be done as a sugar free version? What would be the best sugar substitute?
I’ve never changed this recipe, so im not sure how it would turn out with a sugar substitute