Donna's Pound Cake Recipe
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Donna's Pound Cake

By: Donna Casteel 
"A delicious, moist and easy cake that tastes like you spent lots of time making it!!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.3 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (16)

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What to Drink?
Wine Port
Hot Non-Alcoholic Coffee
Prep Time:
30 Min
Cook Time:
45 Min
Ready In:
2 Hrs 15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9 or 10 inch tube cake
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon lemon extract

Directions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 or 10 inch tube cake pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and sugar. Make a well in the center, and pour in oil, sour cream, eggs and lemon extract. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  3. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until cake when tested with a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Flip out and finish cooling on rack. Store in covered container.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 370 | Total Fat: 24.8g | Cholesterol: 68mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 10, 2004 by AAMBERR   view full review
Help! My cake fell, and tasted like solid grease. Are you sure it takes 1 cup of oil? I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 6, 2003 by ORLANDOPALM   view full review
I have made this cake many, many times. It always comes out to rave reviews! It has quickly...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2003 by CINDY3539   view full review
Very moist cake with a light lemon flavor. I made it in a 13X9 pan & baked it about 35 mins....
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 6, 2009 by morgiana   view full review
this has got to be the best cake recipe I have tried anywhere. It was super moist and came out...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 19, 2005 by JLD5010   view full review
As another reviewer did, I used what I had on hand...French Vanilla cake mix and almond...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 6, 2009 by momlovestocook   view full review
Great cake! I left out the lemon extract and made two 9 inch rounds. They came out wonderful...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 11, 2008 by DMZIMMIE   view full review
This was absolutely delicious! I used it for strawberry shortcake, and when we ran out of...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 20, 2005 by NANAKULA02   view full review
Great cake...though at 325 degrees the cake would not have been done in the 45 minutes shown...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 10, 2009 by lovebeingamom   view full review
Not sure what happened, followed the directions to a "T" and the cake fell in the middle. The...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2007 by ALL6   view full review
This is a very moist cake. I took it to a church dinner and everyone loved it.

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