Pound Cake with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Pound cake with sweetened condensed milk is a rich and delicious dessert with an old fashioned sweet vanilla taste.
This is truly one of the best pound cake recipes out there, with buttery, rich and flavorful ingredients. You can either add whipped cream or spread cream cheese icing over the top.
The old fashioned pound cake recipe is perfect for parties, holidays, church potlucks, school functions, or adding to any dessert table.
Sweetened Condensed Milk
This is one of those sweetened condensed milk recipes that is a keeper. The sugary syrup is the most amazing treat, even on its own and it’s such a great addition to many desserts.
I usually buy about ten cans around the holidays and make fudge for friends and family, along with this pound cake.
Sweetened condensed milk makes this pound cake so much richer.
If you love recipes with sweetened condensed milk, give these buckeye brownies a try.
Who Gets To Lick The Can?
We almost fight over who gets to lick the can when I am making the easy pound cake recipe.
The kids will circle around me waiting until I first get the lid off of the sweetened condensed milk can, and then try and get the remaining drops inside, and, they have me to contend with – I want it all!
But, we do share with each other when it comes down to who gets the last lick–most of the time!
What do I need to make the moist pound cake recipe?
Full printable recipe with measurements and instructions listed at the bottom of the post
- Oven
- Large bowl
- Spatula
- Hand mixer
- Non-stick spray
- Bread loaf pan
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Butter
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Vanilla
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Cake tester or thin knife
How do I make pound cake recipe?
- Combine the flour, salt, and baking powder in a small bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
- Next, cream the softened butter in a large bowl.
- Add the eggs, sugar, and vanilla, and mix well.
- Now, add the sweetened condensed milk and mix.
- Add the flour mixture and combine.
- Pour into the greased bread pan and bake for one hour or until a cake tester comes out clean.
How To Make The Sweetened Condensed Milk Pound Cake
Get started on the pound cake by adding flour, salt, and baking powder to a small bowl. Whisk it together and set the bowl aside.
Next, add the softened butter to a large bowl and cream.
Add the eggs and mix them in well.
Add the sugar and vanilla and mix it all in together. It looks a little lumpy, but once you get everything mixed together it will all come out creamy.
And, the best part…add the sweetened condensed milk. You are seriously going to love this sweetened condensed milk pound cake recipe.
Mix it up and then add the flour mixture.
Once you mix it up, pour the cake batter into a greased bread pan.
Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until the cake tester comes out clean.
You can add a dollop of whipped topping to the pound cake with condensed milk as a garnishment!
- Sweetened condensed milk chocolate pound cake is another dessert that you will love just as much as this pound cake recipe.
- Old fashioned cream cheese pound cake is a fabulous dessert any time of year.
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Pound Cake with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Ingredients
- 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 sticks butter 1 cup, softened
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 – 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325-degrees.
- Grease bread pan with nonstick spray.
- In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream the butter.
- Add the eggs, sugar, and vanilla and blend together.
- Add the can of sweetened condensed milk and blend together.
- Add the flour mixture and blend together until the batter is smooth.
- Pour into greased bread pan and bake for 60 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
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Hi what kind of icing is shown in the picture?
Hi Connie!
It’s a dollop of whipped topping. It’s the Aldi’s version of Cool Whip. Tastes delicious on top!
I would like to make this is tube pan. Do I need to adjust ingredients
Hi Pat! I have not made it in a tube pan. I’ve only used the glass bread pan. I am not sure if you need to adjust anything. I would think you could bake it with the above measurements in a tube pan. If you do, let me know how it turns out!
Pat, From what I can tell of amount of batter, it would probably bake up nicely in a bundt pan. I am like you I was thinking of a tube pan but am almost sure a bundt pan would work
Hi Pam! I think a bundt pan is a great idea, too! I bought one at the thrift store not long ago. I should get it out and try it in that.
This looks amazing! I am a pound cake fanatic!!!
Thanks so much, Nikki! Me, too! I have always loved pound cake. 🙂
I’d never seen a pound cake made with condensed milk, so I gave it a try. I added some lemon zest and lemon juice, it was amazing!
Hi Dee! That’s great to hear. I bet the added lemon zest and juice was delicious! Thanks for sharing, and I will have to try it with lemon soon!
@Dee, how much lemon zest and lemon juice did you add?
Yum! I love that the ingredient list is short!
Hi Suzanne! I love short lists, too!
Thanks for sharing! Does this last very long? I’m excited to try it!
Hi Vanessa! We ate it pretty fast, so it didn’t last long at our house. Keeping it in the fridge will help it last a little longer. I think it would start to dry out after about three days. Thanks for stopping by! Let me know how you like it.
Looks delicious but I have a question : why adding sugar if you are already using sweet condensed milk?
Thank you
Hi Adela! It is a lot of sugar, but it makes the pound cake even sweeter. But, even with the sweetened condensed milk and sugar, it’s not overly sweet. I’m curious how it would taste without the sugar, though! Thanks for the idea.
This was a fantastic cake! We took a few slices to an elderly neighbor then the rest magically disappeared…. Here are my husband’s words, “This is the best pound cake I’ve ever had. I usually don’t like pound cake because it’s dry and bland but this one was awesome.” Win-Win-Win!
Hi Becky! Wow! Super excited to hear what your husband had to say about the pound cake. Glad that he liked it so much! I love to hear what y’all think about the recipes! Funny, it magically disappears around here, too. (Wink-wink). That was very sweet of you to share with your neighbor.
Could I possibly make this in a bundt pan? Do you think it would be enough for one?
It’s worth a try! If it’s a smaller bundt pan I think it will work. If it’s a large one, it might be too big for the recipe. Let me know how it turns out.
I used the only bundt I had, it was a large one, so the cake itself was a little short and it was dense, so I don’t know if it was the pan or what! Still taste great!!
Hi Emily! Glad to hear it still tasted great! Thanks for coming back and sharing your results!
What size loaf pan?
8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
8 1/2×4 1/2×2 1/2
9 x 5 x 3 inches
Hi Brenda!
I used a glass loaf pan that was 9 x 5.25 x 2.75. I got out a ruler and measured the side of my glass loaf pan and it was really about 3-inches. You would need at least 3-inches because it will rise in the pan when it bakes.
Hope that helps!
I really REALLY wanted to try this recipe and wanted it to be good even more. It was disappointing. It is very greasy and dense – which I guess you could say that it is moist but I prefer not to have grease marks all over the napkin after the piece i cut myself is gone. It has a decent flavor, I may try to alter the recipe with less butter- or more flour? I dont know- I just know that I won’t make it again as the recipe is that’s for sure.
Hubby says it’s the best pound cake he’s ever had! The texture is perfect, slices wonderfully, and it tastes amazing. I’m so glad I tried it – will be a go-to recipe for sure. Especially love the
This is a wonderful recipe. There’s such an over abundance of recipes on Pinterest so it’s hard to know which are worth trying. Trust me- this one is! It’s sweet and moist and the crust around the cake is out of this world. Definitely a keeper!
Your pound cake will be so moist and delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday,499 and hope you have a great week!
Miz Helen
Do you know how many cups of batter it makes.. This would help us decide what size Bundt pan we could use.
Hi Belinda, I would guess there’s around five to six cups. I baked it in a 1.5 quart loaf pan, if that helps any.
Could I use cake flour instead of all purpose?
Hi Charlene, I haven’t used cake flour for this recipe, but I think you can do that. If might be a little fluffier, but I bet it will still taste great! Let me know how you like it if you try it that way.
Was wondering if I doubled the recipe, could I use a 13×4 pullman loaf pan. Its the only size pullman I have and was hoping to use it because I prefer the shape. I do habe 2 9×5 loaf pans should you think it wont work. Thanks and be blessed.
Hi John, I haven’t doubled the recipe like that before, but I think it would probably work. You might have to cook the pound cake a little longer. I would check with a cake tester when the time is up.
You might also want to put tin foil on the top toward the end if it seems like it’s getting to dark on the top. Let me know how it turns out. I hope you love it!
Hi
I just made this cake. I had to cook it longer because the middle wouldn’t get done. I almost burned it. It really had a great taste though. I don’t know what I did wrong. I probably will make it again.
My husband loved it. Thank you for sharing your recipes.
Hi Linda, I am glad that your husband liked it! What size pan did you have?
This is one of the best pound cake recipes I’ve ever tried and I’ve tried many. It has the exact texture I wanted. I’ve already made a second one lol
FYI. My bake time was 45-50 minutes. I also sprinkled some course sugar on top.
Enjoy.
Hi Donna! That’s so great to hear. And, what a great idea to sprinkle course sugar on top. Yuuummm! I am trying that next time.
I just made this pound cake and it is in the oven. After I made it I reread the recipe and in the instructions it said baking soda. I used the baking powder. I hope it is powder and not soda.
It will probably be fine, it just might not rise as much. How’d it turn out?
Someone said that they saw the recipe called for baking soda instead of baking powder.
I see your recipe calls for baking powder.
Is it baking powder that we should use?
Hi Barbara,
The recipe calls for baking powder. Sorry for any confusion!
I tried this recipe and it turned out great! I made a few additions, cinnamon,lemon,and walnuts,also when baking cakes, I always use cake flower. Delicious!! Is definitely a go to if you enjoy a nice coffee cake
Sounds delicious! Thanks for the ideas!
This pound cake’s flavors are well balanced. Top with a sauce of fruit compote the cake has the density to take on the moisture without becoming soggy. It is delicious just as it is accompanied by a cup of coffee or a glass of milk.
I am so glad you like it! Great idea to add a fruit compote!