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This is the only Two-Step Poundcake compilation you’ll need — 4 ultra-moist, bakery-style poundcakes made FAST: Strawberry • Cream Cheese • Buttermilk • 7Up. 🍰✨👉 Get ALL my poundcake recipes (printable + bonus tips): https://jaffrywardjr.gumroad.com/ (use code 2025 for a limited-time discount)

I test recipes until they’re foolproof — and these four two-step cakes are the easiest, most reliable poundcakes you can make at home. Watch each recipe, then grab the full printable recipes, pro tips, and bonus flavors in my eBook.

Why these work:
• Two-step method = less prep, fewer mistakes.
• High butter + correct mixing = tight crumb and bakery-style crust.
• Flavor-first: real strawberries, cream cheese for moisture, buttermilk tang, and 7Up lift for the perfect rise.

⏱ Chapters / quick guide
00:00 Intro — what the Two-Step method is and why it works
00:10 Strawberry Two-Step Poundcake (quick tips on macerating fruit)
01:20 Cream Cheese Two-Step Poundcake (how cream cheese keeps it moist)
02:35 Buttermilk Two-Step Poundcake (why buttermilk = tender crumb)
03:45 7Up Two-Step Poundcake (how soda gives lift and lightness)

📌 Pro tips (short): Use room-temp butter & eggs, bake low &
Transcript
00:00for all of my non-bakers who have never made a pound cake this is the easiest pound cake you
00:03can make follow these instructions exactly how i say them first i got some flour going down then
00:07i'm going to add some sugar i'm going to add some butter on top of that some already beaten eggs
00:11some sour cream and a little vanilla that's it that's all you need in this pound cake and you're
00:15going to stir this for about one minute on low speed two minutes on medium speed once the cake
00:20comes together you're going to stir it around just to make sure everything is well combined
00:23bake this on 325 let it cool check it out there you go sour cream pound cake the full recipe
00:28go
00:28to my profile and go to the link in my bio easy one bowl lemon pound cake anybody can do
00:33this all
00:33you need to do is get you a bowl of a stand mixer and add your flour down first your
00:37bacon powder your
00:38salt you're going to add your sugar on top of that you're going to add your butter on top of
00:41that add
00:42some beaten eggs some sour cream some lemon juice and a little bit of vanilla extract mix together
00:46on low speed for two minutes and then three minutes on high speed you're going to add this to a
00:50pound
00:51cake pan you're going to bake this on 325 for an hour and 30 minutes take the cake out let
00:55it cool and
00:56you're going to add a glaze if you want the full recipe to this cake and instructions check out my
01:00caption this is the easiest cream cheese pound cake recipe on the internet and you only need five
01:04minutes to make this so first i'm going to add these ingredients in order which is cake flour at
01:07the bottom sugar on top of that butter on top of that cream cheese on top of that you're going
01:11to
01:11add some already beaten eggs on top of that and vanilla lat you're going to turn your stand mixer on
01:15medium speed for about two to three minutes until it looks like this you're going to stop it and
01:18scrape down your bowl and then you're going to mix this on high speed for two to three minutes until
01:21it is
01:21welcome by give it another mix with your spatula but you're going to put this on 325 for an hour
01:25and 30 minutes
01:26or into a toothpick comes out clean you can add a glaze if you want but it's not needed if
01:29you want
01:29this full recipe it's in my seven pound case for ebook the link will be in my bio want to
01:32make a
01:33seven up pound cake but don't have a lot of time then try my two-step seven up pound cake
01:37one thing
01:37you need to do is layer your flour salt and baking powder at the bottom then add your sugar on
01:41top of
01:41that till it covers all of the flour add your butter and then add your already beaten eggs on top
01:46going in with a little bit of lemon and vanilla extract and then a cup of seven up all of
01:49my ingredients are
01:50room temperature and we're going to mix this for two minutes scrape down the bowl and then mix it for
01:54three
01:54minutes on high i'm going to bake this on 325 and then add a glaze and if you want the
01:58full recipe
01:59to this pound cake click my face below and then go to the blue link in my bio here's how
02:03you make my
02:04strawberry pound cake with two steps in under five minutes first in a bowl of a sandwich so i got
02:08my
02:09flour salt and baking powder down then i want to layer my sugar on top of that making sure it's
02:12completely covered then i'm going to add my room temperature butter room temperature eggs already
02:17beaten and then my strawberry puree add a little bit of strawberry abstract and vanilla
02:21abstract and you're going to mix this together on low speed for two minutes and then scrape down
02:25your bowl and then mix it on high speed for another three minutes your pound cake batter should look
02:30just like this because we're using fresh berries and we're not using food coloring we're going to
02:33bake this for about an hour and 20 minutes and then we're going to add this nice strawberry glaze if
02:38you want the full recipe it's in this ebook the link is in my bio i'll get you a plate
02:42so i can give
02:42you a piece of this caramel pound cake here's how you make my caramel pound cake from scratch so the
02:47first
02:47thing we want to do is get some butter and some shortening and add some sugar we're going to blend
02:51it until it becomes white and fluffy and we're going to add our eggs in one at a time the
02:55full
02:55recipe to this cake and caramel will be in the caption below now i'm adding in some sifted all
02:59purpose flour salt and baking powder and i'm alternating that with a little bit of buttermilk and
03:04heavy whipping cream remember you want to start it in with flour and i'm going to bake this on 325
03:09for about an hour and 20 minutes i'm gonna let it cool for about 20 minutes and then wrap it
03:13now let's
03:13make our caramel now i got some melted butter in here and i'm adding in some fine sugar super fine
03:18sugar and i'm mixing it till it becomes brown and then adding in some carnation milk we're going to
03:22mix that together and then it's going to start to bubble up and make fast bubbles and then after a
03:26while it's going to slow down once it starts to slow down and coat the back of your spoon and
03:30your
03:30pan you're ready to put it on your cake and there you have it check out my pound cake recipe
03:34ebook in
03:35my bio louisiana crunch cake this is one of the best pound cakes on the planet and let me teach
03:40you how to
03:40make it so the first thing we're going to do is work on that crust i have some pecans some
03:43coconut
03:43and some butter and i'm going to blend that in the blender till it makes like a paste i'm going
03:47to
03:47take that blend of the mixer and added it to a grease pound cake pan this is the one with
03:51the
03:51removable bottom once that's done in a separate bowl i'm going to sift in my flour my baking powder
03:56and salt and in another bowl i'm going to add some sour cream some milk and some almond extract
04:00we're going to stir that together then put that to the side now let's work on our pound cake
04:03i got some softened butter some sugar and i'm going to blend it once it's white and fluffy i'm going
04:08to
04:08add in my already beaten eggs and i'm going to slowly drizzle that in while the mixer is on low
04:12speed once it is fully incorporated i'm going to add in a little bit of my flour a little bit
04:17of
04:17that wet mixture and we're going to do that three times so all of the flour and the wet mixture
04:21is
04:21incorporated now carefully add this inside of your crust making sure not to get any of the pound
04:25cake batter on the sides of it if you do it right it should come out clean like this it's
04:29stuck to
04:29the cake and that's what we want we're going to ice this cake and we're good to go check out
04:32the
04:32recipe the link is in my bio i'm going to get in trouble for sharing this lemon pound cake recipe
04:37but you
04:37guys have to make it so the first thing we're going to do is get our butter and shortening mixed
04:41together and then we're going to add some lemon zest to our sugar and we're going to slowly add that
04:45in
04:46there we're creaming the butter and sugar together to it's white and fluffy and then we're going to
04:49add one egg in at a time now let's mix our dry ingredients and i'm using white lily all-purpose
04:54flour and adding salt and a little bit of baking powder to that next you see me adding lemon extract
04:58to
04:58my buttermilk and we're going to alternate adding it to our wet ingredients starting and ending with flour bake
05:03this on 325 for an hour and 30 minutes and yeah all you have to do is add your glaze
05:06if you want
05:07this recipe it's in my southern package ebook old-fashioned million dollar pound cake with a brown
05:12butter glaze so here's the recipe first i got some butter going in and then i'm going to add in
05:16some
05:16asterisks i want to note that my butter is room temperature and then i'm going to add in some sugar
05:21and we're going to beat that till it becomes white and fluffy you should be able to hold it on
05:25the
05:25spatula and it should hold this shape now we're ready to start adding in our room temperature eggs
05:29one at a time making sure the yellow is dissolved before you add the next egg then you're going to
05:33alternate between your flour and your whole milk and you're going to want to start and end with
05:38flour you're going to make sure it's well combined before adding into a tube pan this is a pound cake
05:42tube pan that's have a removable bottom you're going to bake this in the oven on 325 for an hour
05:47and
05:4730 minutes then you're going to add that luscious brown butter glaze if you want this packet recipe
05:51it's in my southern pancakes ebook the link will be in my bio here's how you make my oreo pound
05:56cake
05:56from scratch first you're going to need about 25 oreos and we're going to separate the cream from
06:00the cookie and we're going to keep that cream to add in later and we're going to keep those cookie
06:05pieces as well using a mixer we're going to combine our cream cheese butter and shortening together
06:09and then we're going to add in our sugar slowly creaming it until it becomes white and pale after
06:14that we're going to add in our eggs one at a time along with some vanilla extract we're going to
06:18add
06:18some milk to my cream and then crunch up the oreo pieces then we're going to take some white lily
06:22all-purpose flour with some salt and baking powder and sift that into our oreo pound cake batter we're
06:27going to alternate between the milk and cream and the flour starting ending with flour last but not
06:31least we're going to fold in our oreo pieces and bake this on 325 for about an hour and 25
06:35minutes when
06:36it comes out i'm going to add a glaze and some oreo pieces and we're good to go make sure
06:40you guys
06:40check out my pound cake ebook in my bio
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