Grammy's Kitchen · Pound Cake · Strawberry Pound Cake
One of 63 pound cake recipes we measured
1 cooks on littlesunnykitchen.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 | 102% | 94% |
| total sugar | 250% | 167% |
| egg | 83% | 83% |
| leavener | 2% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 34% | 34% |
| dairy | 34% | 57% |
| acid | 3% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 180 g | 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon cornstarch (cornflour in the UK) |
| 3 g | 3/4 teaspoon baking powder |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 170 g | 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened) |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs (at room temperature) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (or almond extract) |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup whole milk (or sour cream or yogurt) |
| 1 cup fresh chopped strawberries (chopped small) | |
| 2 teaspoons lemon zest (optional) | |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar |
| 1/3 cup fresh chopped strawberries (chopped small and mashed with a fork) | |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon melted butter |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice |
Method: 9 steps, published by littlesunnykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“my little granddaughter and I are making this this weekend. Will let you know what we think it looks delicious.” — a cook, 5.0★