Easy Butter Vanilla Pound Cake
Buttery, moist, and loaded with vanilla. This classic Butter Vanilla Poundcake comes out perfect every time and comes together easily with basic pantry staples.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 50
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf
- Category: Dessert, Breakfast, Brunch
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup salted butter (1 1/2 sticks), room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together butter and granulated sugar until it is light and fluffy.
- Add in eggs and extract. Once combined, fold in sour cream.
- In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients – salt, baking soda, flour.
- Fold dry ingredients into butter mixture, mix until combined.
- Lightly grease & flour a loaf pan, pour batter into pan.
- Bake poundcake for 50-55 minutes or until done. Poundcake should be golden with a slight crisp on the outside, and a toothpick should come out clean when inserted. If it is not done yet, bake for an additional 2 minutes at a time until toothpick comes out clean.
- Let poundcake cool in loaf pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring it to a cooling rack.
- Enjoy!