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

Prep the pan. Preheat oven to 300°F. Grease and flour a 12-cup tube pan or Bundt pan well.
Cream the butter. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter (1 pound) on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 6 minutes.
Add the sugar. With the mixer on medium speed, gradually beat in the sugar (3 cups). Continue beating for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs. Add the eggs (6), one at a time, mixing after each addition just until the just yolk disappears.
Add the flour and buttermilk. Reduce mixer speed to low. Add the flour (4 cups) and buttermilk (3/4 cup), alternately, beginning and ending with the flour, mixing just until combined. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
Add the extracts. Mix in the almond extract (1 teaspoon), and vanilla extract (1 teaspoon) just until incorporated.
Fill the pan. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and tap the pan gently on the counter a few times to release any large air bubbles.
Bake. Bake on the middle oven rack for 1 hour 40 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs.
Cool. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Then remove it from the pan and let it 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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