It’s hard to beat a simple and easy pound cake recipe. I love making this Paula Deen pound cake recipe. Top it with a little vanilla glaze and some fresh fruit and you’re golden!
Whenever I try to eat a little healthier, my urge to bake is nearly insurmountable. This Paula Deen pound cake checks all the boxes with a simply sweet vanilla flavor, rich buttery texture and a delightful vanilla glaze I added myself.
My willful deprivation of the ooey and the gooey combined with the irresistible smell of a pound cake baking in the oven is a terrible combination. Yet, here we are.
It makes the discipline that much sweeter. Or something.
Truth be told, my son was begging me to make a pound cake. One year during Thanksgiving vacation, he decided it was his favorite dessert of all time and it was high time we had another.
Who could blame him? It was a darn good pound cake.
My other son love cupcakes, however so he would reach for these orange creamsicle cupcakes instead!
Easy Paula Deen Pound Cake Recipe
I turned to the internet for recipes and decided that anything with 2 sticks of butter would do. I had to purchase a tube (bundt) pan which was a small price to pay.
I had most of the ingredients already. Here’s what you will need:
- Butter
- Vegetable shortening (Crisco)
- Eggs
- Sugar
- All-purpose flour
- salt
- milk
- baking powder
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar (for glaze)
Once you have a tube or bundt pan there is a lot more you can make with the pan and here’s a book that will give you lots of ideas: 100 Bundt and Tube Pan Cake Recipes
Making the cake is as easy as combining the ingredients and letting your home fill with the most amazing aromas.
Want to know why this is one of my most pinned recipes? Check out these reviews!
“This is one fantastic cake. It has become one of my most frequent used recipes.” – Sherry
“This was a perfect recipe, I’ve made a few of these and everybody loves them!” – Beverly
“Made this as a dessert for my family Thanksgiving. It was easy and a big hit!” – Wendy
Needless to say, this is one pound cake recipe you will want to save so you can make it again and again!
I decided to add a simple vanilla glaze to our cake to keep it simple.
You could also swap that for this easy strawberry glaze, dust with confectioner’s sugar top with fresh fruit and whipped cream or ice cream, or eat it plain!
It’s so good.
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Easy Paula Deen Pound Cake
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Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter plus more for pan
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening I use Crisco
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour plus more for pan
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup milk plus 3 Tbsp for glaze
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract plus more for glaze
- 1.5 cup confectioner’s sugar for glaze
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Cream butter and shortening together in a mixing bowl or with a hand-held mixer.
- Slowly add sugar as you mix
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
- Stir dry ingredients together in a bowl
- Add dry ingredients and milk a little bit at a time, alternating with milk. Be sure to start and end with the flour.
- Finally, mix in vanilla.
- Pour into a greased and floured tube or bundt pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- For the glaze, mix together confectioner’s sugar, 3 Tbsp milk, and 2 tsp vanilla and pour over cooled cake. (see notes)
Notes
Nutrition
What is your favorite way to eat pound cake? Let me know in the comments
*Post updated from 2014
Katie Anderson
Tuesday 26th of April 2022
Can you half this recipe and bake it in a loaf pan or cake pan?
Robin
Friday 1st of April 2022
Not sure what happened my cake was light and fluffy but the outside wasn't so soft. I cooked it for 1hr 20min I did let it cool for hours before the glaze . Is that why it's hard?
Linda
Sunday 20th of February 2022
Batter is very thin. My cake is in oven now. Hopefully the batter bakes into a great pound cake.
Monica Williams
Monday 11th of April 2022
@Linda, Hi. How did you cake turn out?
Susan
Thursday 25th of November 2021
I have made 100’s of pound cakes but have never used baking powder, baking soda or salt. Why does this one need it?
Andrea Updyke
Thursday 2nd of December 2021
Traditional pound cakes didn't use them but they do add a bit in my opinion! The baking powder adds some lightness to the cake and the salt enhances the yummy flavors. Hope this helps!
RWM
Thursday 25th of November 2021
It was to easy, and Delicious! I did use french vanilla instead.