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Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

August 26, 2009 by Joy the Baker 113 Comments

Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

Let’s play a game called Usta Wanna or… I Used to Want To.

I usta wanna be brave enough to go down the free fall water slide at the water park.

I usta wanna be a traffic cop… the kind that would dance in the street on occasion… the kind that I saw at the end of a slow evening news show sometime when I was about six.  I actually still want to be one of those traffic cops.  No joke.

I usta wanna take the swim test at overnight summer camp privately.  Something about doing my life saving dog paddle in front of the entire girls camp made me nauseous.

I usta wanna design a postage stamp.  This is the precious dream of a young girl whose parents both work at the post office.

Between the ages of 13 and 15, I usta wanna eat nothing but popcorn and orange juice.  I dunno…. I never claimed to be reasonable.

I usta wanna completely negate whole wheat from my life.  If I could have eaten Wonder Bread and ignored the whole wheat millet bread my parents bought as I was growing up… ooooh, how dreams would have come true.  Because whole wheat seemed to be impossible to escape, it would seem that somewhere along the way I grew fond of it.  For this reason, I bring you…  Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake.

Let’s talk about it.

Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

Let’s talk about how lovely this pound cake is.  It was nutty and full-flavored, without having an overwhelming whole wheat density.  I used white whole wheat flour instead of regular whole wheat flour.  If you can, use a good raw honey for this cake… something like Bee Raw or Ames Farm.  The honey add a sweetness with character and depth, making the pound cake really delightful.  I love this cake.  It’s a definite go-to classic in my world.

Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

makes 1 9 x 5-inch loaf and 6 muffins

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2 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 sticks (12 Tablespoons of butter), at room temperature

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup honey

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 large eggs

1 cup buttermilk

Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Butter and flour the loaf pan and muffin tins.

Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, whip the butter, sugar and honey on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.  Add the vanilla extract.  Add the eggs one at a time, beating for about one minute after each addition.  Scrape down the bowl as needed.  Add the dry mixture and buttermilk in three additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.  Stop the mixer and scrape the bottom of the bowl with a spatula to make sure everything is evenly incorporated.

Transfer the batter to the prepared pans.  Smooth the top down and bake the cake for about  hour and the muffins for about 20 to 25 minutes.  The cake will be a lovely golden brown and a thin knife inserted into the center of the cake will come out clean.

Let the cake cool in the pan for 20 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

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  1. Marissa

    June 6, 2020 at 12:55 pm

    Hi
    I am a super fan love your stuff and always look forward to reading your Sunday’s posts. My question on this receipe is can I sub the butter for coconut oil? I ran out of butter and well there’s a curfew and I have all the ingredients except for the butter. And my second question is can I do half whole wheat flour and half cake flour? Want to get rid of stuff in my pantry.

    look forward to your response

    Reply
  2. Sagarika

    October 16, 2016 at 9:16 am

    Believe it or not, I was looking for a whole wheat honey pound cake…and hey presto, I found it on my fav baking site. I have tried so many of your recipes and they all come out wonderful. The orange gingerbread one is almost a staple in my house. I just wanted to know, can I replace the sugar with honey completely? I seem to have a lotta honey on hand.

    Thanks

    Reply
  3. Anne

    September 22, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    Have you tried glazing this, and if so, what flavors of glazing would you recommend?

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      October 25, 2016 at 10:32 am

      Maybe you could do a powdered sugar and vanilla glaze, keep it simple

      Reply
  4. Medina Azaldin

    February 23, 2014 at 7:48 am

    Hi, my flatmates are all allergic to eggs. what can i replace the eggs with??

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      March 18, 2014 at 8:55 pm

      Try a 1/4 cup of plain applesauce per egg in the recipe! Hope this helps!

      Reply
  5. Haley

    September 4, 2013 at 11:39 am

    Perpetually in search of a moist, rich honey cake for the Jewish New Year, I was THRILLED that this one fit the bill (I mean, with all that buttermilk and butter, I had high hopes). It came together easily with ingredients I had at home, and we’ve already polished off the muffins.

    Two comments: One – I’d err on the side of slightly undercooked for moistness (perhaps because I’m scarred by too many dried-out honey cakes).

    Two, the cake was delicious but really, really sweet. I’m not deducting points here – it is a honey cake – but I’d dial back the sugar a bit. I was surprised because other commenters said it wasn’t too sweet.

    Reply
  6. Allison D

    March 14, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    I made this with oats and it was maybe the best batter I’veever tasted. And I’ve tasted a LOT of batter.

    Reply
  7. tina@theunprocess

    February 9, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    wow, this is one popular recipe. i made it and adapted it a bit to include my beet juice pulp. it was heavenly and plenty moist. thanks for the inspiration; my newly adapted version can be seen up on the site (i give nod to you joy, but of course)

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  5. Pound Cake Meets Beet Pulp | the unprocess says:
    February 9, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    […] adapted would have to be very moist and rich to give the pulp a fresh life again.  So, I opted for Joy the Baker’s Honey Whole Wheat Pound Cake (can’t really go wrong with anything from Joy).  For the sweeteners, I used sugar in the raw […]

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