Cold Oven Pound Cake

Name: Cold Oven Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 8 min
Total time: 1 h 23 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (420 grams); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons lemon juice powder; 1 ½ cups whole milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 1 ½ cups butter (, room temperature; 170 grams); 3 cups granulated sugar (600 grams); 6 large eggs (room temperature); 2½ tablespoons lemon zest (from 2 lemons)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:1h 8min

Our Cold Oven Pound Cake checks off all the boxes for a delicious, tender, buttery, and dense cake. While it might sound counterintuitive, starting out with a cold oven ensures that the cake will bake slowly as the oven heats up. It prevents the cake from rising quickly which gives it a tight, dense crumb like a pound cake should be.

Updated at: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:48:47 GMT