Grammy's Kitchen · Pound Cake · New Years Almond Pound Cake (Good Luck Cake)
One of 63 pound cake recipes we measured
It ranks #2 of 63 for crumb tenderness among the pound cake recipes we compared. 11 cooks on www.thereciperebel.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 146% | 94% |
| total sugar | 21% | 167% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 14615% | 0% |
| egg | 3% | 83% |
| leavener | 2% | 1% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 292% | 34% |
| dairy | 24% | 57% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 40 g | 1/3 cup slivered almonds |
| 227 g | 1 cup salted butter (room temperature) |
| 260 g | 1 1/4 cup low fat plain or vanilla Greek yogurt |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar ((400 grams)) |
| 300 g | 6 large eggs (room temperature) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 390 g | 3 cups all purpose flour ((390 grams)) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 1 whole almond | |
| Optional: whipped cream to serve |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.thereciperebel.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this cake last year for friends and they loved it. I will do my best NOT to forget the almond this year. However, the way I compensated for that last year was the fact that I was bringing pieces to everyone. SO I poked an almond in the bottom of one pi” — a cook, 5.0★
“Dear Ashley, I have tried this recipe last year and the cake was amazing! Everybody in the house loved it! Thank you for sharing this tasteful and light recipe! I will definitely make this cake again for the new year! Have a happy new year full of hea” — a cook, 5.0★