The Best Million Dollar Pound Cake Recipe - Miss in the Kitchen (2024)

FAQs

What makes a pound cake fall in the middle? ›

If you have too much liquid or too much fat in your cake batter, this can result in a cake with a weak structure which can cause it to sink in the middle.

Mistake: Overbeating The Eggs

Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until the yolk disappears. Overbeating the eggs may cause the batter to overflow the sides of the pan during baking or create a fragile crust that crumbles and separates from the cake as it cools.

How many eggs are in a pound? Eggs vary in weight since not all eggs are the same. Large eggs tend to weigh just short of 2 ounces each. It takes between 8 and 9 large eggs to equal one pound.

The reason why you shouldn't overbeat the eggs for pound cake is that it makes the cake crumbly. First, the overmixed eggs give you trouble because it makes a mess in your oven; the batter oozes out of the baking dish. Then, once you cut into the baked cake, the weakened structure doesn't hold up as it should.

Even though your cake is completely baked, slicing into it, you may find a dense and damp streak in the center (I run into this issue a lot with pound cakes). This wet ring in cakes can be caused by the cake settling after baking. A cake settles dramatically like this when the eggs, butter and sugar are over creamed.

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Pound cake is SUPPOSED to be a little dense. But it's not supposed to feel heavy or dry. If it's dry, the cake may have been over-baked. Pound cake can also be too dry if you added too much flour (or not enough butter or sugar).

How long do you leave pound cake in the pan? When it's done baking, let the cake sit in the pan for 10 minutes: no more, no less. It's enough time for the cake to firm up some after baking so that it doesn't fall apart, but not so much time that the cake gets stuck to the pan. Ten minutes is the sweet spot.

Why didn't my pound cake crack? ›

A pound cake without a crack usually indicates a deflated, overly dense, and decidedly un-fluffy pound cake. However, as any baker will tell you, batters and doughs can have a mind of their own. Sometimes, these cracks happen unevenly and can affect the evenness of the cooking on the whole loaf.

The Leavening

Since pounds cakes are such dense cakes, you can totally get away with using only salt as leavening. However, I like to add a bit of baking powder just to improve the crumb texture and lift.

Pound cakes actually taste better the next day, so you can make it ahead.

In fact, many restaurants prefer to use powdered eggs over fresh eggs, mainly because when compared to buying fresh eggs in bulk, powdered eggs are far cheaper and have a much longer shelf life.

Place the cake pan in the center of the oven.

If the cake requires more baking, gently close the oven door as soon as possible after testing to prevent jarring and heat loss—both can cause a cake to fall if not done.

How To Fix A Cake Collapse in The Middle. No need to panic; I've got some cool rescue missions depending on how bad the cake crash is! If it's only a minor hiccup, I usually just slap on some extra frosting or whipped cream to even things out.