Old Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake

My Mom and Grandmother only made simple plain cakes, this is one of my favorites made with fresh lemon and simple pantry ingredients.

This vintage is perfect plain or dressed up with fruits and cream and this citrusy flavor has a tangy soft textured crumb that is irresistible.

Pounds cakes are as old as the 1700s and it's no wonder that our taste buds go back in time with fond memories of the past.

If you're a pound cake lover, this one is the best and easiest to make plus you can adapt the flavors just by adding different extracts with a creative adaption.

This is a basic recipe for this vintage cake recipe, and the variations can be endless.

This makes two loaves so you'll even be able to freeze one for unexpected company or when you have a craving for something sweet.

Scroll down to our printable recipe card to get this easy pound cake recipe and let's bake a delicious old-fashioned lemon pound cake.

Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake

Our buttery Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake is so moist, it's the best fresh fruit pound cake I've ever eaten, made all from scratch.

A Sour Cream Blueberry Pound Cake is one of those classic homemade desserts that feels both comforting and elegant at the same time.

The rich buttery batter paired with tangy sour cream creates an incredibly moist texture, while sweet bursts of blueberries add bright flavor and beautiful color throughout the cake.

This old-fashioned style pound cake is perfect for spring and summer when fresh berries are at their peak, but it’s just as wonderful made with frozen berries year-round.

Whether served as a brunch treat, afternoon coffee cake, or a simple dessert, this cake always feels special without requiring complicated steps.

During the blueberry season, we often make Mom's delicious Blueberry Muffins or a crumb-topped Blueberry Coffee Cake, perfect with a cup of coffee in the morning.

Blueberry Sour Cream Crumb Cake

This Blueberry Sour Cream Crumb Cake is a totally delightful way to enhance an already fabulous coffee cake by adding fruit to it and that's what this recipe is all about fruits, and crumb cakes.


Crumb cakes are an all-time favorite with a yummy topping on cakes or muffins and you can do both with this one delicious batter in this recipe.


A tender cake with sour cream, using easy simple pantry ingredients and any kinds of fruit you like not just blueberries!



We happen to be big blueberry fans so do try our muffins grilled, recipe, and we always make sour cream blueberry bars, blueberry flan, and blueberry lemon loaf bread all year long while they are in season!


If you want a delicious breakfast coffee cake or muffin you just found the perfect recipe right here everyone loves this addicting and yummy cinnamon topping.


This simple basic recipe is so versatile, can be made all year long with whatever seasonal fruits are available from berries to apples in fall.


The cake-like quick bread is really a combination of both, a heavier cake but perfect in any pan you decide to bake the recipe in.


Scroll down to get this printable recipe.

Sour Milk Chocolate Cake

This sour milk chocolate cake is so moist and the perfect way to get rid of sour milk.


Mom would never throw away food, back in the 1940s things were tight for money and nothing went in the garbage, she always found a way to use it.


The cake was a simply delicious treat we would all look forward to and secretly happy the milk went bad.


As the years went on sometimes we would change it up with a filling or whipped cream topping, but it tasted great plain.


Chocolate cake from scratch can be intimidating but seriously this sour milk cake is super simple and perfect every time.


If you love homemade scratch cakes also try her Vintage Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cake Recipe, it's fabulous.


Scroll down to the recipe card for this easy cake recipe and it's printable, read my other suggestions I have to make these different each time.

Butter Pecan Bread or Butter Pecan Pound Cake Recipes

We have two recipes for you to try: delicious Butter Pecan Bread and buttery Pecan Pound cake, both of which are true Southern delights.

We love cakes and quick bread made from scratch. Both are full of all-homemade deliciousness with that old-fashioned vintage taste mom and grandma used to make.

The bread and cake are made with simple pantry ingredients like eggs, loads of butter, and of course, a load of pecans.

Served with whipped cream or butter pecan ice cream, these two recipes are awesome desserts.

Grandma only made cakes from scratch (you may remember her Triple Berry Pound Cake), which is divine, especially in summer when fresh fruits are available easily.

Scroll down to print off both recipes if you love butter pecan, this is a keeper easy recipe to learn how to make.