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on Aug 06, 2021, Updated Sep 16, 2023
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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.
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!
Want more bundt cake ideas? try these!
- Pumpkin Bundt Cake
- Eggnog Bundt Cake
- Apple Cider Donut Cake
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.
For more yummy dessert ideas, check out my other recipes below.
- Peanut Butter Fudge
- Maine Blueberry Cake
- Strawberry Pretzel Salad
- Peach Dump Cake
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Easy Paula Deen Pound Cake
4.57 from 351 votes
This delicious pound cake recipe is the perfect southern cake for summer! Make it for an everyday treat or dessert to share.
Prep: 10 minutes mins
Cook: 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Total: 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins
Yield: 20
By: Andrea Updyke
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
Turn cake onto a cooling rack on top of a cookie sheet before adding glaze. Make sure the cake is not too hot or the glaze will drip right off.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g, Calories: 389kcal, Carbohydrates: 58g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g, Cholesterol: 75mg, Sodium: 164mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 43g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Additional Info
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
What is your favorite way to eat pound cake? Let me know in the comments
*Post updated from 2014
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Andrea Updyke is a married mom of two boys living in Raleigh, NC. She is a published author and blogger of more than 18 years and loves to celebrate the little things that make life awesome.
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