Best 5 Aunt Minne Lees Pound Cake Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable flavors of Aunt Minne Lee's Pound Cake, a classic Southern dessert that has captivated taste buds for generations. With its dense, moist crumb and a hint of citrusy zest, this pound cake is a true testament to the culinary heritage of the American South. Our curated collection of recipes offers a variety of interpretations of this timeless classic, ranging from the traditional to the delightfully decadent. Discover the secrets behind Aunt Minne Lee's original recipe, passed down through generations, and explore creative variations that incorporate unique ingredients and modern twists. Embark on a culinary journey as you explore recipes for a classic sour cream pound cake, a moist and tangy delight, and a luscious lemon pound cake that bursts with citrusy goodness. Treat your loved ones to the ultimate Southern comfort food with our collection of Aunt Minne Lee's Pound Cake recipes, each one a celebration of tradition, flavor, and the enduring spirit of Southern hospitality.

Here are our top 5 tried and tested recipes!

EASY POUND CAKE RECIPE



Easy Pound Cake Recipe image

Made famous by my Aunt Sue, here's an easy pound cake recipe that's guaranteed to deliver a deliciously moist and sweet vanilla sponge cake.

Provided by The SouthernPlate Staff

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h35m

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 eggs
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
3 cups sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup whipping cream (also known as heavy cream)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Grease and flour a tube or bundt pan and set out the eggs and butter to allow them to come to room temperature.
  • In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, one egg at a time, beating for one minute after each addition. Sift the flour and add it to the creamed mixture alternately with the whipping cream. Mix until fully incorporated.
  • Stir in the vanilla.
  • Pour the vanilla cake batter into the prepared pan and place in a cold oven. Turn the oven to 300 and bake for 80 to 90 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely before removing from pan.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 465 kcal, ServingSize 1 serving

AUNT PAULA'S CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE



Aunt Paula's Cream Cheese Pound Cake image

Provided by Food Network

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 sticks margarine, softened
1 stick unsalted butter, softened, plus 2 Tbsp. for melting
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups sugar
dash of salt
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
6 large eggs
3 cups cake flour
whipped cream, candied citrus peel and fresh mint for garnish
whipped cream, candied citrus peel and fresh mint for garnish
4 Tbsp. butter
1 cup heavy cream
8-ounce bar semi-sweet chocolate
3 bananas
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. (plus a dash) fortified wine

Steps:

  • Instructions for cake:
  • Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Cream margarine, butter, and cream cheese, with sugar until fluffy and well combined. Add salt and vanilla, and mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and mix well. Pour batter into pan. Place in a cold oven and bake at for 1 1/2 hours, or until done. Check doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center; if it comes out clean, it's ready. Cool in pan, then turn out and slice into half-inch-thick slices. Preheat grill pan to medium heat. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter and brush lightly on both sides of cake slices. Grill cake slices, turning once, until lightly grill-marked and slightly softened, about 2 minutes total.
  • Instructions for Bananas with Chocolate Sauce:
  • In a small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Pour 1 cup heavy cream into another small saucepan and turn on the burner to medium-high. Scald the cream. Break up the semi-sweet chocolate bar into a medium mixing bowl. When the cream is hot, pour it over the chocolate and sets the bowl aside. In a large skillet, melt the other 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Peel 3 bananas, slice them and place in another mixing bowl. Add 1/2 cup sugar to the bananas, gently toss them and place them in the buttered skillet. When the bananas are golden-brown, add a dash of fortified wine and cook until it evaporates. Whisk the chocolate cream mixture until smooth, then add 2 tablespoons fortified wine, mixing well.
  • Assembly:
  • Put a cake slice on each dessert plate or parfait cup, top with a spoonful of the bananas, and then another cake slice and another spoonful of bananas. Drizzle the top of each dessert with the chocolate wine sauce.

LEMON-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE WITH AUNT EVELYN'S LEMON GLAZE



Lemon-Buttermilk Pound Cake with Aunt Evelyn's Lemon Glaze image

My mother's blue-ribbon pound cake recipe. It always gets rave reviews.

Provided by Sarah Copeland Sawicki

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Lemon Dessert Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 ½ cups white sugar
1 ½ cups butter, softened
4 eggs
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon lemon zest

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  • Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.
  • Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon extract into batter. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  • Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.
  • Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons butter, and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 630.1 calories, Carbohydrate 91.9 g, Cholesterol 128.9 mg, Fat 27.2 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 6.8 g, SaturatedFat 16.5 g, Sodium 372.2 mg, Sugar 63.5 g

OTIS LEE'S DETROIT FAMOUS POUNDCAKE



Otis Lee's Detroit Famous Poundcake image

For 34 years, Otis Lee drew crowds to Mr. Fofo's Deli, his Midtown Detroit restaurant, with sky-high corned beef sandwiches and lemon-glazed poundcake. Mr. Lee, who died in April 2020 from coronavirus complications, passed the poundcake recipe along to his son, Keith Lee, who shared it with The Times. This moist and flavorful recipe isn't complicated, but it does require a few more steps than your average poundcake. It truly shines when the lemon glaze is poured over the warm, unmolded cake right out of the oven. (Do so on a platter, not on a rack. You want the extra icing to pool at the base of the cake, Keith Lee said.) Double the glaze if desired. (Watch the video of Keith Lee making his father's cake here.)

Provided by CC Allen

Categories     cakes, dessert

Time 2h

Yield One 10-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 cups/340 grams unsalted butter (3 sticks), softened at room temperature, plus more for greasing the pan
3 cups/385 grams cake flour, plus more for the pan
8 ounces/225 grams cream cheese, softened
3 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon/680 grams granulated sugar
6 eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
Lemon juice, to taste

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch/12-cup Bundt pan.
  • Make the cake: In a large bowl, combine softened butter, cream cheese and granulated sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat on high speed until creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. Rinse the beaters and in a separate large bowl, add eggs and beat until light in color and fluffy, about 5 minutes. (The fluffier the eggs, the fluffier the cake.) Add the beaten eggs, vanilla and lemon extracts to the butter and cream cheese mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  • In another large bowl, add cake flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; whisk to combine. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Increase the speed to high and beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean. (Do not open the oven door before 20 minutes have passed, as the temperature shift can flatten the cake.)
  • While the cake bakes, make the glaze: In a small saucepan over low heat, combine cream cheese, butter and confectioners' sugar and whisk until smooth. Bring to a simmer. Remove from heat, and add lemon juice to taste and to adjust consistency. (Icing should be thin enough to drizzle, but still retain some body.)
  • When the cake is done, remove from the oven, and unmold immediately to a plate or serving platter. Pour the glaze over the top. (Doing this when the cake is warm helps the glaze soak in.) Serve warm or at room temperature. To store, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to a week or freeze for several months.

AUNT GUSSIE'S POUND CAKE RECIPE BY TASTY



Aunt Gussie's Pound Cake Recipe by Tasty image

Here's what you need: unsalted butter, sugar, shortening, eggs, whole milk, lemon extract, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla ice cream, fresh berry

Provided by Frank Tiu

Categories     Desserts

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup unsalted butter, 2 sticks
2 ¾ cups sugar
½ cup shortening
5 eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
vanilla ice cream, for serving
fresh berry, for serving

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and shortening together with a hand mixer.
  • Mix the eggs, one at a time, into the batter.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the milk, lemon extract, and vanilla extract.
  • In a separate medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Alternately add the dry and wet ingredients into the batter.
  • Pour the batter equally into two greased and lightly floured loaf pans.
  • Bake in a non-preheated oven set to 350°F (180°C) for 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Cool for 30 minutes before slicing.
  • Serve with vanilla ice cream and berries.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 760 calories, Carbohydrate 77 grams, Fat 45 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 11 grams, Sugar 37 grams

Tips:

  • Use room temperature ingredients: This will help the cake batter come together more easily and bake more evenly.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This will help incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter, more tender cake.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition: This will help prevent the batter from curdling.
  • Sift the flour before adding it to the batter: This will help ensure that the flour is evenly distributed and prevent the cake from being too dense.
  • Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dry cake.
  • Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help the cake rise evenly.
  • Check the cake for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center: If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.
  • Let the cake cool completely before frosting: This will help prevent the frosting from melting.

Conclusion:

Aunt Minne Lee's Pound Cake is a classic recipe that has been enjoyed by generations. It is a simple, yet delicious cake that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist, tender crumb and rich, buttery flavor, this cake is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it.

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