Many ingredients are frequently substituted for butter in a pound cake recipe. In this video, I test the effect of butter, oil, sour cream, Greek yogurt, cream cheese, and vanilla ice cream on the appearance, texture, and flavor of a basic pound cake to find out which one makes the best pound cake.

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Other Videos in this Pound Cake Series:
1) History of Pound Cake video:    • Down the Baking Rabbit Hole: History ...  
2) Making a Pound Cake from 1747:    • Making the First Published Pound Cake...  
3) Comparing Store Bought Pound Cakes:    • Comparing Store Bought Pound Cake | D...  

Get the Pound Cake Recipe: Boyle, Tish. The Cake Book. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006. - https://amzn.to/3Ax18US

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Baz, Molly. “The Secret to the Moistest Cake? Regular Ol’ Vegetbale Oil.” Bon Appetit, 9 April, 2019. https://www.bonappetit.com/story/mois...

Vaughan, Kelly. “Sour Cream is Such a Magical Ingredient in Baked Goods – Here’s Why.”

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Krishna, Priya. “Yogurt is a Baker’s BFF.” Taste. https://tastecooking.com/yogurt-is-a-...

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-margouillatphotos from Getty Images Signature. “Cutting butter.”
-str1k3 from Getty Images. “Cake rising in the oven.”
-Naypong from Getty Images Signature. “Vegetable oil pouring on vegetable oil background.”
-Olesia Shadrina from Getty Images Signature. “Fresh sour cream falling in bowl.”
-ArxOnt from Getting Images Signature. “Natural Greek yogurt in a jar.”
- Margouillatphotos from Getty Images Signature. “Cream cheese.”
-Moncherie from Getty Images Signature. “Scooping Vanilla Ice Cream.”

Music:
Forgiven Fate by Dan Lebowitz – YouTube Audio Library
Take Your Time by Dan Lebowitz – YouTube Audio Library