Never-Fail Pound Cake


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Never-Fail Pound Cake Never-Fail Pound Cake

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Servings: 10 to 12 servings
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 min
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients Add to grocery list

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3 cup sugar
5   eggs
3 cup cake flour
1 cup milk
2 teaspoon lemon extract
vanilla ice cream
berries, for garnish

Directions

Special equipment: a 10-inch bundt pan, greased and floured

In a large bowl, using a mixer, combine the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in the lemon extract. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. 

Place pan in a cold oven and heat oven to 325 degrees F. Bake cake for 1 hour. Increase the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 minutes more. 

*Cook’s Note: Do not open the oven door while baking. 

Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. 

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We love us some Paula Deen! Thanks for these amazing recipes!

By Cheddar Chace on April 10, 2012

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We love Paula Deen!

By Anonymous on April 10, 2012

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I enjoy watching you & your brother making your grandma never fail pound cake today.And I know its great. you and Booby are great together.I miss my brother very much who pass last year.we loved to cook together.So enjoy your brother as much as you can.love you paula

By Dolores Johnson on April 09, 2012

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paula enjoy your time with your brother as much as you can. I lost my brother and I miss him very very much.

By Anonymous on April 09, 2012

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I have a recipe for a cool whip pound cake that is out of this world{ 3 sticks butter softened 3 cups sugar 6 large eggs added 2 at a time 3 cups plain (all purpose flour 1325 cup at a time 1 8 oz carton cool whip. butter softened to room temp, beat well , and sugar i cup at a time brating well after each, add 2 eggs at a time beating well add one cup flour at a time beating well after each cup, stir in cool whip softened to room temp. grease a large bunt cake pan bake 325 for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs

By trish rodgers on March 05, 2012

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I love this receipe...it NEVER fails to turn out great!

By Anonymous on March 02, 2012

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I am wanting to try to find a close recepie for the sourcream pound cake she has her name on at walmart. My husband really loved that cake and I would like to be able to make one for him.. Thank you for your time. Kelly Park

By kelly park on February 10, 2012

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I was at a friend's house last night and she served your No Fail Pound Cake as her dessert - It was absolutely incredible. I have never had pound cake this good. I came home and printed out your recipe and will be making this for my family very soon. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

By Norma Thompson on December 21, 2011

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It was great... Like moms

By Angela Patterson on December 11, 2011

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I tried this recipe tonight and must say I did not like it at all! It came out rubbery. I think it needs more butter and less baking time. This was the first Paula recipe I did not like. Oh well.

By mariellen on November 16, 2011

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Paula, I would like to know if you have your quotes written somewhere. You know the ones, like: "Honey, I'm your cook, not your nurse" I've heard several on her shows but would love to print them all and hang them in my kitchen. Paula, you're the best thing since grits!

By Barb Vaughn on November 15, 2011

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Love your show and recipes, thanks for sharing. If you find a pound cake that is made with powdered sugar instead of regular sugar PLEASE let me know. My grandmother used to make one with a pound box of confection sugar but we never wrote the recipe down and now she is gone and no one can remember the exact recipe. Thanks and God bless....

By Sandra Quidley on November 10, 2011

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Thanks for a great recipe my family loves pound cake, and this one never fails. MS.Paula you are a blessing to us all i thank god for honest, sweet,hard working country folks like you and your family.

By By Dosha on August 08, 2011

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well the never fail recipe didnt work for me :( i did everything down to the T like it said and it came out rubbery...i dont understand what could have went wrong...i was very disapointed...this was my first attempt at making a pound cake...anyone have any ideas what could have happend??? PLZ HELP!!!

By allison on August 05, 2011

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I followed the directions exactly. My cake came out more like a twist between a sponge cake and tad of angel food cake. Tough and chewy a little dry too. Is it suppose to be dry? Help what did I do wrong?

By Alicia on July 29, 2011

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tried never fail pound cake went by recipe and in cold oven half way if fail, what happen

By leah on July 24, 2011

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Thank you Paula for being you. The world is so tired of the fakes and people trying to be something they are not. I thank God for you and the woman that He has blessed you to become. You have made my world a better place along with many others. Thank you for your smiles, words of encouragement and your laughter. May God Bless you and You Family always! From one SoutherN gul to anotha!

By Cynthia Moss on July 01, 2011

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My kids loved this cake, but it was a little dry for my taste. I'm use to really moist pound cakes.

By Tai on May 30, 2011

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A very great looking recipe Paula is very professional her food always look very good ,I'm going to try this recipe also alot of other that she have.I love you Paula keep up the good work your the greatest.

By Beverly Austin on March 31, 2011

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can you put 4 sticks of butter in stead of 1 ? without it falling? please call or email me about this pound cake, i love u paula i watch u every day on food network. my number is [removed] or email me, luv neal adkins

By neal adkins on March 05, 2011

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