Best 10 Butter Nut Pound Cake Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable Butter Nut Pound Cake, a culinary masterpiece that harmonizes the rich, nutty flavor of browned butter with the comforting warmth of classic pound cake. This moist and tender cake boasts a golden-brown crust that encases a fluffy, velvety crumb, making it an irresistible treat for any occasion.

This recipe collection features a variety of enticing variations, each offering a unique twist on the beloved classic. From the traditional Butter Nut Pound Cake, brimming with the nutty aroma of browned butter, to the decadent Chocolate Butter Nut Pound Cake, where rich cocoa powder deepens the flavor profile, these recipes cater to a range of preferences.

For those seeking a zesty twist, the Lemon Butter Nut Pound Cake infuses the classic batter with the vibrant brightness of lemon zest and juice, resulting in a refreshingly tangy yet comforting treat. Meanwhile, the Sour Cream Butter Nut Pound Cake incorporates the tangy richness of sour cream, lending an extra layer of moistness and a subtly tangy flavor that complements the nutty undertones of browned butter.

For those with a sweet tooth, the Caramel Butter Nut Pound Cake is an absolute delight, featuring a luscious caramel glaze that adds a touch of sweetness and a glossy sheen to the cake's surface. And for those who love the combination of sweet and savory, the Bacon Butter Nut Pound Cake offers a surprising yet harmonious blend of flavors, where crispy bacon bits add a salty, smoky dimension to the nutty cake.

No matter your taste preferences, this collection of Butter Nut Pound Cake recipes has something for everyone. From classic to contemporary, these variations celebrate the versatility of this timeless cake, ensuring that each bite is a moment of pure indulgence.

Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!

BUTTER & NUT POUND CAKE



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My mom made this cake for my brother every year for his birthday when we were growing up. It is a very comforting, old-fashioned and delicious cake.

Provided by Juenessa

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h10m

Yield 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 cups sugar
5 1/3 fluid ounces evaporated milk
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup Crisco
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
3 1/4 cups flour
2 tablespoons butter pecan flavoring (we use Superior brand imitation vanilla, butter and nut flavoring)
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (room temperature)
1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter pecan flavoring
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Steps:

  • For the cake:.
  • Mix all the ingredients together and pour into a greased, floured angel food cake pan or a greased bundt pan.
  • Place in COLD oven and turn heat to 325 degrees.
  • Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • For the frosting: ****.
  • Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
  • Add box of powdered sugar and beat well.
  • Add butter & nut flavoring and blend.
  • Stir in chopped pecans.
  • Spread on top of cake and let come down the sides.
  • ****Note:.
  • My mother always put the full batch of frosting on the cake. My aunt's recipe says to make 1/2 the frosting recipe for the cake. It is a personal preference. If you like alot of frosting; make the entire batch. If you don't like too much frosting cut the frosting recipe in half.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1067.3, Fat 53.9, SaturatedFat 27.6, Cholesterol 208.8, Sodium 375.6, Carbohydrate 139.4, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 104.9, Protein 11

VANILLA BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE



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Make and share this Vanilla Butternut Pound Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Bev I Am

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h5m

Yield 1 pound cake

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 cups sugar
3 cups flour
5 large eggs
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can evaporated milk (add enough whole milk to make 1 cup)
2 tablespoons vanilla butternut flavoring

Steps:

  • DO NOT PREHEAT OVEN, must start in COLD oven.
  • Cream shortening, butter, sugar and salt.
  • Add eggs, one at a time.
  • Add flour and milk alternating small amounts of each.
  • Fold in flavoring by hand.
  • Bake in greased tube pan for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 325*.
  • DO NOT open oven door while baking.
  • Remove from pan immediately.

GRANDMA'S BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE



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My grandmother is the most amazing cook I know and this is one of my favorite cakes that she makes. It simply melts in your mouth. She usually cuts up some fresh berries to put on top of the cake which makes it the perfect southern dessert!

Provided by Kay14

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
1 cup milk
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
1/2 cup self rising flour
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 tablespoons butternut flavoring

Steps:

  • Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs together.
  • Beat on high speed for 5 minutes.
  • Then add milk and flour on low speed until mixed well.
  • Add butternut flavoring and bake in tube or bundt pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 300 degrees F.
  • Frost with Butternut frosting if desired.
  • See my recipes for the frosting recipe!
  • May be baked in 3 layer pans also.

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE (#6)



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This recipe comes from a 1968 recipe book titled,"Favorite Recipes From Church of GOD Ladies". Each of the recipes has the ladies' name and home town and I will include this with the recipe and if you know or are related to this person, I would really like to know. The recipes I post from this cookbook are ones I have tried and...

Provided by Billie Neal

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 lb butter
2 c sugar
3 c cake flour
6 eggs
2 Tbsp butternut flavoring

Steps:

  • 1. Cream butter and sugar together; stir in flour.
  • 2. Add eggs, 1 at a time; stir in butternut flavoring.
  • 3. Place in tube pan. Bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees or till done. Mrs. Jane Conn, Pastor's Wife Corpus Christi Church of God LWWB Corpus Christi, Texas

ULTIMATE BUTTER POUND CAKE



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This is a moist, rich, dense vanilla pound cake that looks beautiful and tastes heavenly. My family requests it often. The ingredients are simple and basic, and making it is a snap. It really is the ultimate served with strawberries and whipped cream!

Provided by LisaK

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Time 1h25m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
4 eggs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang over 2 sides.
  • Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in flour. Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition. Pour batter into a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
  • Lift cake out of the loaf pan using the overhanging parchment paper. Place on a wire rack and cool completely before slicing, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 459.8 calories, Carbohydrate 51.4 g, Cholesterol 154 mg, Fat 25.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 6.2 g, SaturatedFat 15.4 g, Sodium 246.5 mg, Sugar 30.4 g

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE



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My Mom made this pound cake for me for as long as I can remember. The butternut flavoring gives it unique taste. It is a very dense and delicious pound cake!

Provided by Missy Eastwood

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup Crisco shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup self rising flour
1 tablespoon imitation vanilla butternut flavoring

Steps:

  • preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour a bundt or tube cake pan.
  • Cream together the sugar and Shortening until it is smooth.
  • add 1 egg at a time, mixing well between each one.
  • sift the 2 cups of cake flour with the 1/2 cup self rising flour.
  • alternate adding the flour and milk (add a little flour, mix, add a little milk, mix, flour, mix, milk, mix, etc.).
  • finally, add the butternut flavoring.
  • mix well.
  • pout into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 304.2, Fat 14.2, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 52.9, Sodium 67.5, Carbohydrate 41.4, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 25.1, Protein 3.4

BUTTERNUT CAKE



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I adopted this recipe in the RecipeZaar recipe adoption. Although I have not made it yet, Susie in Tx has and she made some great suggestions in her review. Please take a look and give this cake a try.

Provided by Jellyqueen

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
3 cups flour, Sifted
3 teaspoons butternut flavoring
icing, ingredients
8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
2 teaspoons butternut flavoring
1 cup nuts, Chopped

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans of butter.
  • Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Mix soda and salt into buttermilk until foamy.
  • Add alternately with flour.
  • Add 3 teaspoons flavoring.
  • Pour into prepared pans and bake until done, 20 to 25 minutes.
  • For icing.
  • Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
  • Add box of powdered sugar and beat well.
  • Add butternut flavoring and blend.
  • Stir in chopped pecans.
  • Spread thinly between layers and cover cake completely with icing.

BUTTERNUT CAKE



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This recipe has been in our family for years. It's always included on holiday menus. Preparing the cake is a family project-the men crack the shells, and the children help pick out the nut meats.-Betty Zeltwanger, Canisteo, New York

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 15 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped butternuts or walnuts
Frosting of your choice

Steps:

  • In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in nuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Frost cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts :

BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE (#8)



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This recipe comes from a 1968 recipe book titled,"Favorite Recipes From Church of GOD Ladies". Each of the recipes has the ladies' name and home town and I will include this with the recipe and if you know or are related to this person, I would really like to know. The recipes I post from this cookbook are ones I have tried and really like or are unusual due to ingredients or possibly due to the number of recipes with the same name but are different in some way. I hope you enjoy. I know some the recipes are really lacking in some or all areas, but I am posting them as they are in the cookbook

Provided by Billie Neal @WildExpectation

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 cup(s) sugar
1 cup(s) crisco
6 - eggs
2 cup(s) cake flour
1 tablespoon(s) butternut flavoring
1 tablespoon(s) vanilla flavoring

Steps:

  • Cream sugar and Crisco together with electric mixer.
  • Add eggs 1 at a time.
  • Sift flour; add 1 tablespoon at a time to sugar-egg mixture.
  • Add flavorings; mix well.
  • Pour batter into a greased pound cake pan.
  • Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Mrs. J. T. Brown Moorhead Church of God LWWB Moorhead, Mississippi

BUTTER POUND CAKE



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Whether garnished with fresh berries and sprigs of rosemary or just served plain, this rich cake is fabulous. It bakes to a beautiful golden brown and it's definitely a keeper! -Edgar Wright, Silver Spring, Maryland

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 large eggs
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons water
GARNISH, optional:
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 package fresh rosemary sprigs
1/4 cup sugar, divided
1/4 cup fresh cranberries
2 tablespoons fresh blueberries
Confectioners' sugar, optional

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating after each addition., Transfer to prepared pan., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan; cool completely on a wire rack., If desired, for garnish, place corn syrup in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, 10 seconds or until warm. Brush corn syrup lightly over rosemary. Sprinkle sugar to coat; place on waxed paper to dry. Reheat remaining corn syrup until warm; gently toss cranberries and blueberries in syrup. Toss in remaining sugar to coat. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set, about 1 hour., Just before serving, top cake with sugared rosemary and berries. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 382 calories, Fat 18g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 118mg cholesterol, Sodium 187mg sodium, Carbohydrate 52g carbohydrate (34g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.

Tips:

  • Use fresh butternut squash. This will give the cake a more intense flavor and a moist texture.
  • Roast the butternut squash until it is tender. This will help to bring out its natural sweetness.
  • Let the cake cool completely before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the cake to set properly.
  • Store the cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the cake for up to 2 months.

Conclusion:

This butternut pound cake is a delicious and moist cake that is perfect for any occasion. The butternut squash gives the cake a unique flavor and a beautiful orange color. This cake is also very easy to make, so it is a great option for beginner bakers. If you are looking for a delicious and easy-to-make cake, this butternut pound cake is the perfect recipe for you.

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