Description
This Million Dollar Pound Cake Recipe is a Southern classic made with butter, sugar, eggs, and almond-vanilla extract for a soft, rich texture and irresistible flavor.
Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 pound salted butter, softened
1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
3 cups granulated sugar
6 large eggs
3/4 cup whole milk or buttermilk
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 300°F and grease a large tube pan.
2. Whip butter, vanilla, and almond extracts for 5 minutes.
3. Add sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each.
5. Alternate flour and milk additions, starting and ending with flour.
6. Pour batter evenly and bake for 1 hour 30–45 minutes.
7. Cool for 15 minutes, remove from pan, and cool completely.
Notes
Follow the Rule of Fives for best texture.
Use room temperature ingredients.
Bake until a toothpick comes out clean before cooling.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Cake, Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American, Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 496 kcal
- Sugar: 38 g
- Sodium: 232 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 62 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 123 mg