I spent months testing cake batter mixing methods and ingredients to achieve Pound Cake Perfection. This Sour Cream Pound Cake is a variation of my favorite all-butter cake.
Perfect Sour Cream Pound Cake
If you’ve read through my “Cake Batter Course” you know that it took lots of work and testing to come up with a really great pound cake recipe. If you’re interested, over 7 classes (blog posts) you can learn all about the ingredients and mixing methods for cake batter. It’s pretty detailed stuff, but what you learn about baking can be applied to all your recipes, not just cake batter. And it’s free here on Baking Sense.
Anyway, for this pound cake I used sour cream in place of whole milk as the liquid in the batter. Since sour cream is acidic it adds a nice flavor to the cake and the acidity tenderizes the cake crumb. If you have read through the “Cake Batter Course” (first of all THANKS) you might notice that even though I’ve added an acidic ingredient to the recipe, I haven’t used any baking soda. I purposely did this because I didn’t want to neutralize the acidity of the sour cream. I wanted a little edge to the flavor.
This really is a melt-in-your-mouth cake. It’s also a super easy recipe to make. I use my favorite reverse creaming method and it’s mixed in one bowl.
This cake bakes up nicely in the traditional loaf shape or you can bake it in a Bundt pan for a pretty presentation. I think you only need a sprinkle of powdered sugar for a pretty finish. But is would also be delicious with fresh berries and cream for a more indulgent dessert.
Yields 12 slices
15 minPrep Time
55 minCook Time
1 hr, 10 Total Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 8 oz (1 ¾ cups, 225 g) cake flour
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 10 oz (1 1/4 cups, 285 g) granulated sugar
- 8 oz unsalted butter (1 cup, 225 g) room temp
- 4 large eggs plus 3 yolks, room temperature
- 4 oz sour cream (1/2 cup, 120 ml)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine the eggs, vanilla and half the sour cream in a small bowl, whisk to combine and set aside.
- Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add the sugar to the flour and mix at low speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the butter to the flour and mix until combined. Add the other ½ of the sour cream and increase the speed to medium high. Mix for a full 2-3 minutes. The batter will lighten in color and texture.
- Scrape the bowl and paddle thoroughly.
- On low speed, add the egg mixture in 3 increments, scraping the bowl after each addition.
- Pour the batter into a buttered and floured 9”x5” loaf pan or 12 cup Bundt pan .
- Bake at 350°F until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (about 55 minutes).
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