This traditional pound cake contains equal parts butter, sugar, eggs, and cake flour.

Traditional Pound Cake with Bakers Percentages

Ingredients

• 2 pounds butter (100%)
• 2 pounds sugar (100%)
• 4 teaspoons vanilla (2%)
• 2 pounds eggs (100%)
• 2 pounds cake flour (100%)

Procedure

1. Cream the butter and sugar together well. Add in about half of the eggs, one at a time, then add in about a third of the flour. Add in the rest of the eggs and then the flour, scraping well with each addition. Bake cakes at 350 degrees F.

Notes

 

Content by Renee Shelton. Recipe adapted from Gisslen, Wayne. Professional Baking. New York: John Wiley, 1985. This recipe was first published on PastrySampler.com on January 10, 2007. It was updated on October 13, 2020.