Sara Lee Pound Cake

February 4, 2009 14 Comments

This pound cake can be the base for strawberry shortcake, or it can go well with a cup of coffee. This was one of my first Copy Cat Recipes, so you can enjoy Sara Lee Pound Cake at home.

Sara Lee Pound Cake

Author: CopyKat Recipes
Recipe Type: Copycat Restaurant Recipes, CopyKat Recipes, Dessert Recipes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Serves: 10

Sara Lee Pound cake was one of my first recipes at CopyKat.com, after reading the ingredients on the package, I set out to re-create this famous pound cake just like the original.

Ingredients

1/4 pound or 1 stick unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup cake flour
2 tablespoons dry powdered milk
1 tablespoon corn syrup
juice of half a small lemon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon mace (optional)

Instructions

Allow butter to reach room temperature, if you can try to use unsalted butter. Cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add in flour, powdered milk, and corn syrup. Beat each in well. Add juice of half a lemon, salt, vanilla, nutmeg, and mace. Make sure everything is well blended, and pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes, checking for done-ness by inserting a toothpick and seeing if it comes out clean. You almost want to under bake this.

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sofeelicious

It is very good but nothing like Sara Lee PC. Love the texture of the cake. Will reduce the sugar to half & probably just a touch of lemon. Overall, it’s a keeper !
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what can i use instead of the corn syrup? can i use maple syrup?
Beli

Can I use regular milk with this recipe?
Rselby12

Can this be used as a base for ice cream cake?
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Ironically, I read the ingredients on the Sara Lee p.c. today at the supermarket, and then I stumbled on your page tonight with a recipe specific to their ingredients. I plan on making this p.c. in the next couple days. Will return to let you know how it turned out. Thanks so much.
Bobby

When I made mine it wasn’t as dense as I had hoped and was a little more of a light cake then it was a dense pound cake. It also had a lot of crumbs. Any ideas what might have cause this?
Drsan7

This is really good! I didn’t have any mace in the house, but turned out just like the one in the store, my only complaint was that I put a little too much lemon! But still good Loved it!
Kate

Hi
Can you explain me what is 2 T??? I don’t know it, because i live in poland.
Thank you in advance
- Melanee
  
  2 T = 2 tablespoons –> 1 tablespoon equals 3 tsp (teaspoons).
- Arianna
  
  2 T is 2 Tablespoons and 2 t is 2 teaspoons.
Linda

Hello!
Your picture looks exactly like SAra Lee pound cake. Is this what I should be expecting? My youngest son will love this
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This was actually pretty good — and I don’t usually like pound cake! I made mine lower in fat by replacing half the butter with sour cream, and as far as I can tell it didn’t harm anything. I think perhaps the extra mace is unneeded, though maybe if one eats the cake with a topping of some kind it’s less extreme (I was eating it plain.)
Elisa

Is there a way to replace the cornsyrup!

I haven’t tried it, I would suggest using golden syrup, made from sugar instead of corn syrup. ~stephanie
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i hope this recipe works nd that it is good