Million Dollar Pound Cake

This amazing million dollar pound cake is aptly named because it has more butter than most classic pound cakes so it's even richer than any of the others!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword million dollar recipes, pound cake recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 40

Total Time 1 55

Servings servings

Calories 662kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

1 pound butter, softened
3 cups sugar
6 large eggs, at room temperature
4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300°F (149°C). Grease and flour a 12-cup tube pan or bundt pan.
In the bowl of a stand-up mixer, beat butter (1 pound) on medium speed, until light and fluff, 6 minutes.
Set mixer on medium and gradually beat in sugar (3 cups). Beat for 1-2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
Add eggs (6), one at a time, mixing after each addition just until the yolk disappears.
Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour (4 cups) and buttermilk (3/4 cup), beginning and ending with flour, on low speed until just combined. Scrape down the bowl as needed. Stir in extracts (1 teaspoon almond extract + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract).
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Tap the pan on the counter to remove any air bubbles.
Bake on the middle oven rack, for 1 hour and 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

Notes

Size: I use a 12-cup Bundt pan for this recipe.
Room Temperature: Start with room temperature ingredients. This will ensure everything mixes properly and you will get the maximum volume from the ingredients.
Over Beating: This may sound strange after you read the recipe and see that the first thing you do is beat the butter for 6 minutes! After the eggs are added you need to beat the eggs just to incorporate them. Do NOT over beat your eggs! Add your eggs and mix until the yolk disappears.
Baking: It’s very easy to over-bake a pound cake. I like to bake it until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs.

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