Blue Ribbon Whipping Cream Pound Cake

  4.5 – 51 reviews  • Pound Cake Recipes

This recipe was given to me years ago by another “blue ribbon junkie” friend. It has a very fine texture and is very hard. It performs incredibly well in the two-piece cake molds and is the only cake I use while performing cake sculpting. When submitted into baking competitions, the lowest ribbon it has ever worn is a Blue Ribbon, and it has won as high as Best of Show at a State Fair.

Servings: 16
Yield: 1 to 10 – inch tube pan

Ingredients

  1. 2 ½ cups white sugar
  2. 1 cup butter
  3. 7 eggs
  4. 6 tablespoons cornstarch
  5. 2 ⅝ cups all-purpose flour
  6. 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  7. 2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Set aside.
  2. Cream together the sugar and butter until light. Continue beating and add 7 eggs, one at a time; beating well after each egg
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together flour and cornstarch. Beat half of the flour mixture into the egg and sugar mixture.
  4. Beat in 1/2 cup whipping cream, and then beat in the remainder of the flour mixture. Finish by beating in 1/2 cup more of whipping cream and vanilla.
  5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 60 to 75 minutes. Cool on rack for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a serving plate.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 396 kcal
Carbohydrate 50 g
Cholesterol 132 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Sodium 119 mg
Sugars 32 g
Fat 19 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Leslie Krause
Made this for Easter. It was delicious and easy to make. My husband requests pound cake and says this was the best one yet.
Eric Wilson
This is a solid pound cake recipe. It is excellent if you need a cake recipe for a 3D cake mold – this is very sturdy and will hold its shape. The cake was just a tad dry, but the flavor was good. I did not find it to be too eggy like other reviewers.
Arthur Moore
I was attracted to this recipe from the description that it always won awards. So, I made it exactly as written even though I do not like almond flavored foods. It came out lovely with a nice dense texture. It did smell like almond which put me off, but my husband LOVED it. We had it with strawberries and whipped heavy cream, and it was delicious. I could not go the almond, though and my husband got to eat the rest all by himself. I made it, again, for my DIL and grandkids to eat with strawberries and whipped cream. This time no almond made it perfect for me. The husband lamented the absence of almond, but everybody loved it. I will def make this again whenever I need a pound cake or just a good tasting cake!
Brandy Powers
I needed a good recipe for this Teddy Bear cake. Read other reviews and used 4 whole eggs, 3 egg whites and added 1/2 tsp of lemon flavoring and salt. Baked up perfect! Carved perfect, tasted amazing. It stayed moist and tender even after freezing. Cake was a success! Will most definitely use again.
Allison Mcdonald
Pros: Density, Texture, and Small Crumb are perfect for carving. Because of density it holds up things well ie: a perched Gumpaste/Fondant Plane perched nicely without indentation. Doesn’t compress when fondant is placed on, no settling which can make pooches in your fondant. Cons: Flavor: leans on the eggy side which is fine for me because it’s reminiscent of pastry cream but not to everyones taste. IMPORTANT: Definitely requires the addition of salt. I added 1/2 tsp of salt which did the trick. Recommendation’s to improve flavoring..I used lemon extract instead of vanilla which made it resemble cheesecake flavoring. I would recommend other flavors that play well with egg like cream cheese flavored bakery emulsion, orange extract, chocolate extract.
Brandon Obrien
This was okay. It turned out dry for me, but great for carving. I sculpted the hills for my son’s 1st birthday car cake. Probably would use this again, but may use an extra bit of something to make it more moist, without wanting to grab a glass of milk :-(. Hoping freezing it increases the moisture and it’s a good leftover cake.
Kristen Roman
Ok, I made this pound cake recipe, this afternoon. I only made one change. After reading many of the reviews and seeing that some people were saying the cake came out a bit eggy, I used 1 whole jumbo egg and 6 egg whites from 6 jumbo eggs. I threw away the yolk. And that’s the only change I made. My husband loves this cake. It has the perfect amount of sweetness and just the right amount of crumb. I will definitely be making this again.
Mark Maxwell
This recipe is fantastic. One thing…. if I use pure vanilla extract, 2 T is way too much vanilla. However, the artificial extract is fine with 2 T.
Kayla Howard
Very good cake and worked great for sculpting! I added 1 less egg based on other reviews. Also be carful not to over cook it. It will get hard very fast! I also used almond extract instead of vanilla and it was very good.
David Carter
Love this cake!! I did make a couple of changes though after reading some reviews. I only used 5 eggs and since I’m gluten free/wheat free I used Bob Red Mill all purpose flour and 1/2 tsp of xanthem gum for the binding agent. It turned out super moist, no one could tell it was gf/wf and there was none left at the end of the BBQ :0)
Bianca Hill
Perfect!
Sandra Gould
Just what a pound cake should be! We had some heavy whipping cream that needed to be used up so I chose this recipe. Not too sweet and not too dense. We intended to add strawberries to the top but it was so delicious that we gobbled it up without the berries.
Matthew Marshall
I made this cake but I cut back on the eggs because other reviewers said that it was too eggy. I used four eggs and I am glad that I did. This cake was too dense for my taste but definitely a cake for molding. It taste good but I like a moist, soft cake. If you like cake that are extremely dense then this is the cake for you. I had to have a glass of milk to put it down. I wont make this again.
Joseph Wood
Wow! I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect pound cake and… this is it! The smell is delightful, the taste is wonderful, and most importantly, the texture is HEAVENLY. Follow the recipe! The method is important. The taste of the raw batter was reminiscent of Angel food cake. The baked cake was light, spongy, and dense all at the same time. Absolutely wonderful! It made the best strawberry shortcake we’ve ever had. Thank you so much for this recipe. We’ll be using it over and over.
Travis Moore
I followed this recipe to the letter and it completely overflowed my cake pans and ran all over my oven.
Tommy Cortez
EXCELLENT cake. Perfect texture, dense, moist, held up well for a sculpted wedding cake. I creamed the butter and sugar mixture for a good 6-7 minutes in my stand mixer, then beat the butter/sugar/egg mixture for another 4-5 minutes before adding the remaining ingredients. I also added a scant teaspoon of almond extract. Since this cake is so deliciously rich, I’m not sure I’d want to serve it with a typical amount of buttercream frosting. I covered the cake with a very thin layer of buttercream and fondant; any more than that would’ve been too much, to me.
Tabitha Gordon
I made this easy on myself – measured out 2-1/2 c. of flour, and 1/4 c. plus 2 T. cornstarch. For some reason I have a tendency to make a lot of pound cakes and I’ve tried a good many of them. This recipe, while very good, is not my favorite. It’s a beautiful cake in terms of texture, density and crumb. It’s also very rich and moist, which was to be expected with the whipping cream and so many eggs. But it’s almost TOO rich and eggy for a pound cake – 4-6 eggs, I’ve found, is perfect. I like that yellow “egginess” in a yellow layer cake, but didn’t like it here. Also, it was a little too heavy on the vanilla for my tastes. Beware, this cake IS yellow, so keep that in mind if you’re a doing a wedding cake or other cake where you want it to be more white.
Daniel Mejia
This cake had so many reviews for sculpting that I just had to try it. So far so great! The first two tiers are really holding their own weight, even without any interior structure besides a center skewer for alignment. My only complaint is that my hubby requested that I throw out the scraps after learning about the calories per serving! We had to throw them out because we’d each devoured a full serving before the carving even started. The only recommendation I have is for the baking time of a sheet cake with three flower nails (to avoid doming): 45 min at 325 degrees.
Derek Kennedy
Good firm cake. I washed & patted dry a handful of blueberries & folded them in last. I also added 1/2 tsp of salt. I think it helps the flavor. Used the lemon cream chese frosting from this site. Very good for a special occasion.
Brian Dunn
This is very simple and easy recipe. The batter was light and fluffy. With no leavening, I was wondering how it would turn out. I made one in a stainless steel Binet pan and one in a stone bundt pan. Both looked and smelled wonderful. I baked for one hour. I removed one after 10 minutes and the other I left in but the result was the same. I took the two cakes to a party for my guinea pigs to try and they all loved it. Someone else commented that it was a bit eggy as well. As for myself, I thought it was too eggy, dry and dense. I give it a 4*based on my friends’ opinion, not necessarily what I would rate it at.
Dr. James Dean MD
I baked this cake today and I can’t believe how moist and delicious it is. Can’t waite to make in layers and ice it with just about anything.

 

Leave a Comment