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Homemade Butter Pound Cake

Posted by: Karyn Granrud / Cake, Strawberries, Valentines

This homemade butter pound cake has a surprise heart baked into it! I'll love how pretty it looks and my family was so thrilled when we cut into it!

"Make My Heart Pound Cake!" Yep! This homemade butter pound cake is going to totally impress my family members!Homemade Butter Pound Cake

I’m so in LOVE with this beautiful Valentine’s Day cake!! It turned out stunningly with the heart surprise inside that is revealed when you cut into it. EEEKKK!! I  mean, just look at all of that wonderful chocolate glaze and  you just know that this homemade butter pound cake is going to be amazing! I mean, there’s literally over a POUND of butter in this cake… and it’s totally worth every bite!

Pour on the chocolate ganache! This homemade butter pound cake looks amazing!!

Homemade Butter Pound Cake
Recipe Type: Cake
Author: Karyn Granrud
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This amazing homemade butter pound cake has a special surprise inside that’s easy to make!
Ingredients
  • Ingredients for Strawberry Pound Cake
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted Real Butter
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup pureed strawberries
  • 1 teaspoon strawberry extract
  • 1 teaspoon red food coloring (optional)
  • Ingredients for Vanilla Bundt Cake
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 ¼ sticks (18 tablespoons) unsalted Real Butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • Ingredients for Chocolate Ganache
  • 3 ½ ounces dark chocolate
  • ½ cup cream
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted Real Butter
Instructions
Directions for the Strawberry Pound Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Prepare a 9 x 5 loaf pan with butter and flour.
  2. Use fresh or frozen strawberries. Place in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Set aside one cup of puree.
  3. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
  4. Beat sugar and butter for 3 minutes with a paddle attachment until smooth and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time until batter looks curdled. Add in 1/3 of the flour mixture, and then ½ of the sour cream, 1/3 flour, remainder of sour cream, then last of the flour. Add strawberry extract and food coloring to combine now (may add more to intensify color).
  5. Fold in half of the strawberry mixture then fold in remainder of strawberries.
  6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour to 1+10.
  7. Allow to cool for several hours. Cut 1 inch slices discarding the ends. Using a heart cookie cutter, cut out heart shapes. You should get two hearts per slice depending on the size of the cutter. Set hearts aside and prepare next cake.
Directions for the Bundt Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a bundt pan with butter and flour. Ensure that all crevices are coated.
  2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside.
  3. Stir buttermilk, vanilla and lemon juice in a small bowl and set aside.
  4. Beat butter and sugar for 3 minutes with a paddle attachment until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add in 1/3 of the flour, and then ½ of the buttermilk mixture; 1/3 flour then remainder of buttermilk; then remainder of flour.
  5. Pour half of the batter into prepared bundt pan. Take Strawberry Pound Cake Hearts and place them upside-down in the batter. Spoon remainder of the batter over the hearts. If heart tips are sticking out of the batter, don’t worry. The cake will bake up over them.
  6. [url href=”undefined”][img src=”https://pintsizedbaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pound-cake-collage.jpg” width=”605″ height=”400″ class=”aligncenter size-full” title=”pound cake collage”][/url]
  7. Bake for 1 hour.
  8. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then flip over, remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
Directions for the Ganache
  1. Chop chocolate into small pieces. Heat cream in small pot until milk boils. Pour over chocolate and allow to sit for two minutes. Add in butter and stir until smooth and glossy. Pour over bundt cake.
  2. Cut and enjoy the LOVE inside!
Notes
Recipes adapted from [url href=”http://amzn.to/1Z5ZrQU” target=”_blank”]Best Summer Desserts[/url]

Homemade Butter Pound Cake bundt is perfect fro Valentine's Day!

This wonderful bundt cake can be made in one day, but don’t fret – you can elect to make it over a few days OR, you can add some red food coloring to a pound cake mix for the hearts. Just skip making two loaves from scratch. Really, I know who busy life can be and how much time we mom’s really have…
This bundt cake was born out of a love for Butter! Real Butter!
I was fortunate to meet a representative from REAL Butter in 2011 and we got to talking about what a difference good butter makes in a recipe. I’ve had major sugar cookie FAIL not once, but twice because I was using store brand butter. We discussed the water content of butter and how that makes all the difference in cut out cookies holding their shape or not. It also makes a difference in chocolate ganache.
Do you like that beautiful, shiny, glossy, chocolate drizzle on your desserts? Use REAL Butter.
Loving this surprise inside bundt cake! This homemade butter pound cake was just wonderful to serve!
Mr. Quart is also a butter snob. He loves his Grass Fed  Butter. He’s gone so far as to order butter from New Zealand in the winter. But, I must admit, it makes a HUGE difference.
The taste of REAL Butter on toast. Spreading garlic butter on a loaf of bread to go with your Italian dinner. From cooking scrambled eggs, to sauteed chicken, to rich sauces, butter makes a big difference.
This recipe can easily be made over the next few days leading up to February 14th.
On the 12th, make the Strawberry Pound Cake. Make it after dinner and let it cook for an hour while you get the kids into bed.
On the 13th, make the bundt cake. The kids will enjoy cutting out the hearts and then eating the scraps with some ice cream for dessert.
On Valentine’s day, simply make your ganache, and pour it over your cake just before serving to your family.
Homemade Butter Pound Cake bundt is perfect fro Valentine's Day!
I’d like to thank REAL Butter for providing me with some fresh Wisconsin Butter to try and bake with.
You can check out more Bold with Butter Recipes, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. This recipe is also on their blog HERE!!
For more great Bundt Cakes check out these
Blueberry Marble Bundt Cake
Chocolate Ice Cream Cake
Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

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  16. Lisa says

    February 13, 2013 at 3:25 am

    This is such a beautiful cake! Wow! 🙂 Coming over to visit from Melt in your Mouth Monday. Please stop by and link this up with my "Try a New Recipe Tuesday!" I'd love to have you join us. 🙂

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  18. Kammie @ Sensual Appeal says

    February 13, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    1. The name for this is so clever.
    2. The cake ITSELF is extremely cretaive. I love it!

    I will be sharing this recipe tomorrow on my blog for the best Vday recipes roundup from the web, Let me know if you aren't okay with this and I'll be sure to take it off. Just a heads up 🙂

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  28. K Coake says

    February 16, 2013 at 3:21 am

    What a beautiful cake! I love the look of the heart in the middle and how amazing your chocolate ganache looks! Your talking about butter, reminds me of my Grandma's recipes I have been making lately. They all require butter and lots of it. It does make a difference in the taste, though I have to admit that I have never paid attention to the water content…might have to learn more about that. Thanks again for linking up at my Real Family Fun link party.
    Have a great weekend.
    KC

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  29. Resa @ PitcherAndPlate.com says

    February 16, 2013 at 3:48 am

    I just *had* to read through your post to see how in the world you made this adorable cake! So clever. I appreciate the way you broke the recipe down into a two or three day project making it doable. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!
    Resa ~ Pitcher and Plate

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  31. Miz Helen says

    February 16, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Hi Karyn,
    What a great surprise in the awesome Pound Cake. Hope you are having a great Valentine weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  32. Cheryl Kirkness says

    February 17, 2013 at 8:11 am

    I've always wondered how people get cute shapes inside their cakes! I'm going to have to think of a creative idea to try this out plus that chocolate ganache that looks delicious! Thanks for linking up to Family Fun Friday!

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  34. Rox says

    February 17, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    That's just so cool! and thanks for the tips on real butter. I didn't know how important the water content could be. Not sure I'll buy store brand again

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  41. Christine says

    February 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    Oh WOW Karyn!!!! Love it!!! Goodness, the heart came out perfect!!

    Thanks so much for partying at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! Can't wait to see what you link up tomorrow evening!!

    Reply

  43. HungryLittleGirl says

    February 19, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    So so pretty! Have you thought about opening a bakery? I'm serious! You make some of the most beautiful things I have ever seen!
    Thank you for sharing this at Wednesday Extravaganza – see you there again tonight with more of your deliciousness 🙂

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  47. James Alina says

    February 22, 2013 at 7:40 am

    Such an awesome idea!I wish I found this blog earlier and make this for V-day.But I will try it one of these days for sure! After all you don't need a special day to celebrate love , you can do it every day.!
    Thank you for this !!

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  57. Marja says

    February 14, 2018 at 1:25 pm

    Hi,
    Thank you for telling How to make the heart in it! I always wondered How they did get that in and now you explained it. I’m so pleased. I will make this one for my husbands birthday for sure! Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe.
    Best wishes from the Netherlands (Europe),
    Marja

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