Indulge your taste buds with 55 pound cake recipes. From classic vanilla to decadent chocolate, these easy pound cake recipes will have you drooling for more.
Easy Pound Cake Recipes
Prepare to savor the moist, buttery goodness that will leave you begging for seconds. Let’s bake up some sweet memories with these pound cake recipes that are easy.
Whether you use vanilla extract, almond extract or other flavorings, there are so many delicious possibilities. If you have a stand mixer, it helps to prepare these recipes effortlessly.
1. Peach Cobbler Pound Cake
This Peach Cobbler Pound Cake is baked to perfection, boasting layers of juicy peaches and a delightful glaze with minimum prep time.
Peach Cobbler Pound Cake
Peach Cobbler Pound Cakeis a soft and decadent cake that is baked to perfection. Layered with peaches and a beautiful glaze, this pound cake is easy to make.
Be amazed by this Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe, requiring just 8 simple ingredients.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
You might be surprised that this Cream Cheese pound cake recipe only calls for 8 ingredients. It's so easy to make and turns out wonderful. The cream cheese makes it rich and delicious.
Discover the timeless delight of this traditional Pound Cake recipe that is light and fluffy.
Classic Pound Cake
This Classic Pound Cake Recipe is easy to make with simple ingredients. We love that this cake is soft, spongy, and dense and pairs perfectly with fresh berries.
This timeless treat takes on a refreshing twist that you can also make using a loaf pan or bundt pan.
California Lemon Pound Cake
The citrusy infusion of lemon juice delivers a bright and refreshing acidic note, while the zest imparts a fragrant and zesty perfume, elevating the cake to extraordinary heights.
Bursting with flavor, this simple Key Lime Pound Cake is a breeze to make in less than 30 minutes.
Key Lime Pound Cake
This cake only takes a few minutes to make and is to-die-for delicious. Butter, shortening, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, milk, vanilla, and key limes. Top the cake with a quick key lime glaze.
Moist, buttery, with a delightful hint of lemon, this heavenly Copycat Sara Lee Pound Cake will simply melt in your mouth. During the baking time, you can cut up fresh berries for topping.
Copycat Sara Lee Pound Cake
The perfect sweet treat, Copycat Sara Lee Pound Cake Recipe is moist, buttery, has a hint of lemon, and melts in your mouth. This recipe makes one loaf.
With a velvety, slightly dense texture and a burst of pure butter flavor, this Chocolate Pound Cake is a true delight.
Chocolate Pound Cake
This rich Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe is a chocolate lover's dream come true with a slightly dense classic velvety pound cake texture and pure butter flavor.
Delight in the irresistible combination of cranberries and almond flavor with this moist Cranberry Almond Pound Cake. Make sure to cool completely before storing.
Cranberry Almond Pound Cake
A beautifully moist Cranberry Almond Pound Cake that is bursting with delicious cranberries and almond flavor throughout. Easy to make and a total crowd-pleaser recipe!
With the addition of sour cream, this Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake boasts a dense crumb.
Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake
This sweet, moist, and very lemony pound cake has sour cream for a perfect dense crumb, lemon zest and juice for that bright lemon flavor we all love, and a wonderful golden-brown top.
This Citrus Pound Cake recipe delivers a delightful blend of citrus flavors, creating a moist and delectable treat.
Citrus Pound Cake
This Citrus Pound Cake recipe delivers a delightful blend of citrus flavors, creating a moist and delectable treat that will leave your taste buds craving more.
This magnificent loaf boasts three layers of citrusy goodness.
Citrus Cream Cheese Pound Cake
With a double citrus cake, a lemon juice soak, and last but not least, an orange juice glaze, this recipe is the perfect blend of sweet and tart flavors that will have you coming right back for another slice!
Transport yourself to the nostalgic flavors of the South with this old-fashioned 7UP Pound Cake recipe.
7UP Pound Cake
The smooth, buttery pound cake is made from scratch with just a hint of lemon. Enjoy the glazed cake on its own, or pair it with fresh fruit and a dollop of whipped cream!
Bursting with tangy lemon flavor, these Lemon Pound Cake Muffins offer a moist and satisfying texture.
Lemon Pound Cake Muffins
The muffin itself isn’t overly sweet and has the perfect amount of tangy lemon flavor. They are dense, moist, and melt-in-your-mouth good. The lemon glaze makes the muffin, in my opinion.
This Vanilla Peppermint Pound Cake is sure to satisfy your cravings. It is easy to combine the batter in bowls making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl before pouring into the pan.
Vanilla Peppermint Pound Cake
Festive holiday bundt pound cake studded with crushed peppermint and dusted with confectioner's sugar.
This Red Velvet Peppermint Pound Cake recipe combines the rich, velvety goodness of red velvet with a festive peppermint twist. The calories and carbohydrates don’t count at Christmas!
Red Velvet Peppermint Pound Cake
Cut into this red velvet pound cake to reveal a sweet peppermint cream cheese filling.
Indulge in the richness of this classic Southern Butter Pound Cake recipe sure to be a hit.
Southern Butter Pound Cake
To bump up that buttery flavor and create a delicate crumb, I’m using butter-flavored shortening. If you can’t get your hands on buttered-flavored shortening, then regular shortening with a bit of butter flavoring will work just fine!
This is a rich, moist, and buttery creation made from simple pantry ingredients. The cake flour results in a wonderful cake and don’t forget to use room temperature eggs.
Sour Cream Pound Cake
A rich, moist, buttery, and delicious Sour Cream Pound Cake made with basic pantry ingredients.
Topped with a luscious chocolate ganache, this Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake offers an irresistible combination of flavors.
Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake
This Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake is so delicious and full of rich chocolate flavor. It is super soft and moist and topped with a luscious chocolate ganache.
This delightfully simple recipe will become a staple in your baking repertoire.
Lemon Yogurt Pound Cake
Infused with fresh lemon zest, lemon juice, and topped with a simple lemon glaze, this Lemon Pound Bundt Cake is full of fresh lemon flavor! Adding whole-fat Greek yogurt lightens the texture and makes it extra moist.
Celebrate the holiday season with this Eggnog Pound Cake.
Eggnog Pound Cake
This soft and moist Eggnog Pound Cake, complete with smooth and creamy eggnog icing,takes your favorite Christmas drink and turns it into a heavenly dessert!
Experience the tropical bliss of this Coconut Lime Pound Cake, offering a soft and citrusy delight.
Coconut Lime Pound Cake
Since the cake isn’t overly sweet, a creamy coconut-lime glaze is the perfect finishing touch. Before the glaze sets, sprinkle it all over with shredded coconut for a fun look!
This delight combines the sweet, earthy flavors of matcha with refreshing lime notes.
Lime Matcha Marble Pound Cake
Made entirely dairy-free, it offers a perfect balance between sweet, earthy flavors and refreshing lime notes. You’ll also love its light, airy and moist texture with pretty matcha swirls. The glaze is optional but highly recommended.
This pound cake combines the buttery richness of a classic pound cake with the delicate sweetness of fresh Bosc pears.
Pear-Crème Fraîche Pound Cake
This Pear-Crème Fraîche Pound Cake balances the buttery richness of a classic pound cake with the delicately sweet flavors of fresh Bosc pears and the subtle tang of crème fraîche.
A dense and buttery pound cake with a velvety texture and a hint of vanilla.
Million Dollar Pound Cake
This recipe is made with seven common ingredients that you likely already have in your kitchen, it is a simple recipe to create, and can be served freshly baked or made ahead and stored as a quick dessert option.
This easy recipe infuses traditional Mexican chocolate with a moist and decadent pound cake.
Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake
This easy recipe infuses traditional Mexican chocolate with a moist and decadent pound cake, creating a delightful fusion of cocoa, cinnamon, and a hint of spice.
With its quick and easy preparation, this Caramel Brown Sugar Pound Cake is a stress-free treat. The total time is minimum and you can enjoy this cake.
Caramel Brown Sugar Pound Cake
The brown sugar cake itself is rich, moist, and decadent and the homemade caramel sauce is out of this world delicious – seriously the best you will ever make or try.
This Apple Butter Pound Cake is a scrumptious treat that will leave you wanting more. Cool on a wire rack once the tube pan is out of the oven.
Apple Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Frosting
Whether you're serving it as a dessert or enjoying it with a cup of coffee, this Apple Butter Pound Cake is a scrumptious treat that will leave you wanting more.
Indulge in the delightful flavor combination of Chocolate Chip Pistachio Pound Cake.
Chocolate Chip Pistachio Pound Cake
This cake is packed with lots and lots of chocolate and pistachios. I roughly chopped both so that there are tiny pieces of each along with larger pieces all through the cake. That means plenty of amazing flavor in every bite.
Taste the tropical flavors of this Coconut Pound Cake.
Coconut Pound Cake
The crumb is spectacular, the crust has the perfect crunch, and this beauty of a cake is drizzled with sweet coconut icing, and topped with an extra sprinkling of coconut.
Experience the perfect blend of sweet and tropical flavors in this Sweet Potato Pineapple Pound Cake.
Sweet Potato Pineapple Pound Cake
This cake uses crushed pineapple and sweet potato puree. The two together create an unbelievable texture for this particular cake, one that is dense and moist and…utterly perfect.
Savor the combination of chocolate and vanilla with this Marble Pound Cake.
Marble Pound Cake
This marble pound cake is made up of two separate batters: a chocolate cake batter and a vanilla cake batter. Mixing the two batters creates a marble cake that has an effect that looks similar to marble!
Indulge in the striking beauty of this Marbled Sour Cream Pound Cake, featuring layers of chocolate and vanilla batter.
Marbled Sour Cream Pound Cake
This striking marble sour cream pound cake bundt has both chocolate and vanilla pound cake batter layered together to make a two-toned, perfectly moist, and old-fashioned pound cake.
Moist, decadent, and visually stunning when sliced, it’s a true showstopper for any occasion.
Cherry Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
This cherry pound cake recipe contains sour cream that not only adds richness of flavor but also thickens the batter, making it perfect for keeping our mini chocolate chips and sliced maraschino cherries suspended!
