Best Pound Cake Recipe, with Gingered Brown Butter Peaches
The Best Pound Cake Recipe I’ve ever tried! This all-butter loaf is moist as can be, full of rich flavor, and crowned with crackly, crumbly crust. You’ll love it topped with juicy Gingered Brown Butter Peaches!
Ok- confession time: I’m coming off a real bad case of blogger burnout.
Maybe you’ve noticed I haven’t been real present on Instagram. The ol’ Facebook page hasn’t been getting a lot of love either. Luckily summertime is all about easy no-bake recipes, or else I may not have even been posting anything at all.
The culprit was blogger burnout. It happens! I think my blogger peeps can back me up when I say that sometimes it’s just a part of the job. You go and go and go and go, and then suddenly, you just want to crawl into a hole and hide.
So that’s just what I did, more or less. It’s been nice, getting around to some house projects that have been “on the list” for far too long. I’m all caught up on laundry too! And I even took some time to just lay on my sofa and watch tv. Haven’t done that in I don’t know how long.
One of the other things that really helped me to get over the burnout was what my friend Jocelyn calls “soul baking.” Baking just for the love of baking. No trying to come up with a totally unique recipe based on keywords and SEO tricks, no photo shoots, no blathering on about it for 500+ words and NO POSTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Just cracking open a beloved cookbook and simply following the steps. Then serving it to your family while it’s fresh and warm, and relishing every morsel.
One warm sunny day, I wanted pound cake. Good, old-fashioned, all-butter pound cake like my grandma made. With fresh summer fruit and whipped cream. Bliss!
I turned to one of my favorite resources, The New Best Recipe cookbook. This is a great cookbook for basic, tried and true recipes. I made the pound cake, and it was everything I had wished for and more. I decided right then and there that when I was fully recovered from my burnout bout, I would be sharing the recipe.
So I made it again over the weekend. But this time it didn’t turn out quite the same. It was a little flat, and I had loved that towering loaf with the craggly-crunchy cake top. What did I do wrong? Did I miss a step? Did I not quite follow the directions exactly the first time? Did I f4rt around too long trying to nail this sweet in-process action shot?
I do not know, but I decided to make it once again, this time falling back on some of my own hard-earned baking knowledge. So this recipe is slightly different than the one from the book, but I think you will love the results. The crumb is fine as can be and almost creamy, and because there are no chemical leaveners of any kind, the flavor is pure butter and eggs. I’ve spiked it with my favorite vanilla bean paste, and we’re serving it sliced and topped with juicy brown butter gingered peaches.
I’m telling you- it’ll cure what ails ya!
I thank my best kitchen tools for giving me awesome results when I bake. Here are some of the essentials I used to create this recipe:
…and I can’t say enough great things about my new oven. This thing is not just a pretty face- it’s truly a workhorse in the kitchen!
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Best Pound Cake Recipe, with Gingered Brown Butter Peaches
Ingredients
For the Pound Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter, (2 sticks), softened but still slightly cool
- 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs, (at room temperature)
- 3 large egg yolks, (at room temperature)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste, (extract may be substituted)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
For the Gingered Brown Butter Peaches
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar,, lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste, (or vanilla extract)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 peaches,, pitted & peeled (fresh or frozen)
Instructions
To Make the Pound Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and mist a 9x5-inch loaf pan with non-stick spray. Lay a sheet of parchment in the bottom and up the sides of the pan, and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter on medium-high speed until shiny (about 15 seconds).
- With the mixer still running, slowly add the sugar in a steady stream.
- After about 30 seconds, when all the sugar has been added, beat the mixture on medium-high for 5 full minutes, until very fluffy and pale white.
- Place the eggs and yolks in a small bowl and beat with a fork.
- While the mixer is running, pour the eggs down the side of the bowl in a thin stream.
- Add the vanilla and salt.
- Turn off the mixer and place a sieve over the bowl.
- Sift in 1/2 cup cake flour, then fold carefully until just combined. Repeat twice, until all the flour has been incorporated.
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf pan, and bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool for 20 minutes before removing from the pan.
- Slice and serve with Gingered Brown Butter Peaches and whipped cream.
To Make the Gingered Brown Butter Peaches:
- Place the butter in a small pot over low heat, and allow it to melt and then foam and sizzle. When the melted butter is no longer sizzling, watch it carefully as it begins to brown. Remove from the heat when it becomes a nutty brown color.
- Whisk in the brown sugar, fresh ginger, vanilla, and cinnamon, and fold in the peaches.
I totally get the blogger burnout, Allie! Happened to me a couple of weeks ago. It’s really nice to bake something just for the fun of it and not worry about photoshoots and all that. I should do that more often 🙂 I really love this pound cake, and those peaches sound DELICIOUS.
I’m trying to do it more often! Not just baking but cooking too. Just simple stuff for my kids but it feels good to do something basic and no-pressure. Thanks so much dear and I’m so glad you can relate!
I LOVE this!! I just picked so many peaches and don’t know what to do with them all so this is perfect. I totally feel you on the blogger burnout, but this recipe looks incredible!
It happens to the best of us, right? Especially when the weather outside is so gorgeous. Makes it hard to think about much else! Thank you so much Rachel and thanks for pinning too!
You totally redeemed yourself form the blogger burnout fever with this amazing pound cake, such a classic beauty that you took to a whole new level with those amazing peaches.
Aw, thank you so much Katalina! The peaches may have been my favorite part!
Hey Allie! I love this pound cake with peaches! My husband, Tom would go for it minus the peaches but slathered with whipped cream! And I mean slathered!! But I am ALL about the peaches! I get ya on the blogger burnout! Taking time for yourself and the kids and the hubs is important because you’ll always remember the fun things you did together with them! The cake that went flat or the photo shoot that didn’t go as plan will be easily forgotten. Have a great day!
That is so true! I need to remember that, that’s really good advice! Thank you so much Mary Ann!
This looks fabulous! Those gingered brown butter peaches sound heavenly!
Oh, they really are! Ginger and peaches are a match made in heaven. And everything’s better with brown butter! Thanks Medha!
Hi Allie! Thank you for you authenticity with blogger burnout! I can totally relate! It’s been hard for me to keep up with my blog this summer with the kids home. It is definitely challenging to find a quiet time to photograph and let the creative juices flow. I am guilty too. I know that I will get back into my routine when school starts. This recipe looks amazing by the way! What a great idea to put the peaches on top! Yum!
You had me at gingered brown butter peaches, what a delicious dessert.
Aw, thanks so much Janette!
That does look like the best ever! The crust, especially, looks good, nice and browned 🙂 “Soul baking” sounds like a good idea, I think even i could use some of that 🙂
I think everybody could! And yes, I don’t know which I liked better, the crumbly crust or the soft, tender cake within. All so good! Thank you so much dear!
I adore a true traditional pound cake without chemical leaveners. This one sounds like a dream, Allie. Well done. It seems like it was the perfect thing to bring you out of that slump. I just may need to make this recipe for a “soul baking” day this weekend. Along with those peaches!
It really was! It brought me right out of that funk. I feel so much better now! Thank you so much Jen and I hope you do get a chance to try this recipe 🙂
I hear you sister! And love that term “soul baking”. Sometimes I can go a really long time without making anything just for the sake of making it. And not for the purpose of blogging. And when I finally do cook/bake just for the joy of it – it’s awesome. Gotta remember to do that more often! XO
It’s so awesome- for real. I mean that is probably what got you into food blogging in the first place, right? The joy of it. I think it’s important that we do that sometimes just as a reminder. 😉 Thanks so much Liz!
Jocelyn knows what’s up! I love that term soul baking 🙂 I need to adapt it as I sense a burnout on the horizon. I love pound cakes and this looks just perfect. That crumbly top!! And the peaches?? Such a brilliant idea. Hope you enjoy the rest of the summer with the kids!!
Thanks my dear! Just a few more weeks left, I can hardly believe it! I hope you can enjoy too! Although I’m sure you’ll have your hands full 😉 Good luck and hugs to you!
Man-o-man do I FEEL you on blogger burn out! The move to NC totally drained me of allllll my creativity (and will to do anything)! Love the soul baking idea… i need to try that! But, welcome back! And this is one heck of a way to kick open the food blogger doors! Dang girlfriend! This pound cake looks Ah-mazing! The buttery soft crumbs and those peaches? Holy bologna… i want this for breakfast! ♡ Pinned! Cheers, Allie!
Aw hon! A move will definitely do that. Definitely get in that kitchen and just enjoy. Thank you so much for the sweet compliments Cheyanne, and I hope you get settled in real soon 🙂
Blogger burnout- yes! Good for you for taking some time to simply potter in the kitchen and make a simple cake, just for you. This looks so lovely, I love the idea of putting some gingered peach on top- lovely!
Thank you so much Emma! Yes pottering in the kitchen is my absolute favorite thing to do and it never fails to restore my soul. Thank you so much for your sweet comment 🙂
Hugs, girl! Blogger burnout totally sucks and I know how stressful it can be! It sounds like you were due for a much-needed break so don’t beat yourself up too much about it. It happens to the best of us. 🙂 Now about this cake….oh my GOSH! You absolutely NAILED the texture and I cannot even handle those brown buttered peaches! Summah’ in a cake right here. 😉 Love it!
Thanks Sarah! It’s definitely a thing, lol! I’m doing much better now though. So happy you like this recipe! Pound cake with fruit and cream is such a nostalgic thing for me. Such comfort food!
Soul baking. . yes, love it. . hope this is the beginning of you getting out of the blogger burnout. and I think when school starts up again and the family is back into a normal routine, I think that will help a lot! I love this cake, Allie . . pound cake is the best! love this!
Thanks Alice! Yes- soul baking is the antidote for sure. I’m doing so much better now, back in the swing of it all and yes! Ready for back to school for sure 😉
Peaches again…oh yes! I love the flavors you’ve blended together here.
Happy Tuesday Allie!
Peaches again! They are one of the best things about summer, don’t you think? Thank you so much Melanie!