15 butter pound cake recipes

Rich chocolate pound cake baked in a bundt pan with a velvety cream cheese buttercream frosting. Dense, buttery, cocoa-packed, and built to impress at any gathering.

Chocolate fudge pound cake is a low-fat bundt cake using egg whites, nonfat yogurt, and cocoa powder for deep chocolate flavor without yolks or butter. Dense, fudgy, and naturally lower in saturated fat.

Pumpkin spice pound cake bakes a Bundt full of cinnamon, mace, and nutmeg-spiced pumpkin batter over a layer of toasted pecans, then drinks in a dark rum butter glaze poured through poke holes on both sides.

Mocha truffle cake: a flourless dark chocolate cake built with a pound of chocolate, a pound of butter, eight eggs, and strong coffee. Chilled overnight and frosted with vanilla whipped cream.

Dense chocolate pound cake with cocoa and cake flour, topped with silky boiled fudge frosting. Butter and shortening combo creates tender crumb that bakes for 90 minutes.

Plum cake is the grand Victorian celebration fruitcake: pounds of raisins, currants, dates, citron, and almonds bound by spiced butter cake batter. Christmas, weddings, and christenings on a serious scale.

Rich chocolate pound cake with a full cup of cocoa, melted butter, and half-and-half cream baked in a tube pan. Dense, velvety, and deeply chocolatey.

Flourless fallen souffle cake with a full pound of bittersweet chocolate, butter, and nine eggs. A dense, fudgy French-style chocolate cake with a soft center, dusted in cocoa and powdered sugar.

Flourless chocolate espresso cake baked in a water bath with a pound of butter, two types of chocolate, and a fresh raspberry puree sauce. Dense, fudgy, and gluten-free.

Flourless chocolate mousse cake with a pound of butter, bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate, strong coffee, and 8 eggs. Dense, fudgy, and intensely chocolatey with no flour at all.

Dense, moist Shaker chocolate pound cake made with butter, lard, cocoa, and grated chocolate baked in a tube pan. Fill the center with whipped cream and shaved chocolate for a stunning finish.

Peanut butter chocolate chip pound cakes made with buttermilk for a tender crumb, loaded with mini chocolate chips. Bakes into four mini loaves with rich, nutty flavor.

Kentucky bourbon pecan cake with maraschino cherries, mace, and a pound of butter. Wrapped in bourbon-soaked cheesecloth and aged for up to a month for a rich, boozy fruitcake.

Frosted chocolate pound cake with cocoa in both the batter and icing, baked in a tube pan. Dense, velvety, and loaded with butter and five eggs for richness.

From-scratch chocolate fudge layer cake with unsweetened chocolate in the batter and a thick frosting made from 1.5 pounds of melted milk and semi-sweet chocolate beaten with butter. A bakery-quality showpiece.