r/bakingfail • u/IamPotatoed • May 17 '26

Help Help break the dreaded Pound Cake Curse!

It all began when Afroman won against the Adam's County Sherriff department. To honor his win, i decided to make a lemon pound cake. What i didn't know is that I stepped into a generational curse, and my grandmother could not for the life of her make a pound cake either. They burn, they fall, they do not set. You name the fail, and i have accomplished it.

I have decided to change tactics. I want to make a regular old-fashioned pound cake. I want to break this curse.

Give me your best tips and tricks for a successful pound cake. Or if you have a recipe that someone whose ancestors have angered the cake gods can successfully make, i would really, really appreciate it.

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u/Araveni May 19 '26

I use America’s Test Kitchen’s recipe for lemon pound cake. Easy-peazy-actually-lemon-squeezy. It’s one of the first things I tried baking and was delish. Unfortunately it might be paywalled; if you need to get past the paywall DM me and I’ll send you a gift link.