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This grilled pound cake is perfect for brunch or dessert – buttery pound cake grilled to crispy perfection and topped with ice cream, whipped cream, or berries.
When I was a kid, I spent many summers in Georgia.
My stepmother’s family lived there, and I always had a blast visiting. I spent my days exploring the mountains, drinking fresh, natural spring water, picking fresh watercress from the backyard stream, and waking up early every morning to feed apples to the horses down the lane.
I spent my nights playing Rook and eating WAY TOO MANY canned figs. It was the perfect feral kid summer. However, my great Aunt Sarah always had two rules – take a packed lunch with you before exploring and always eat breakfast.
She packed me a grilled pound cake with fresh fruit for breakfast one morning. It was easy for her to use up the pound cake from the night before, and it started my obsession with all things pound cake-related.
The great thing about grilled poundcake is that it elevates the buttery flavors even more. It is tender and slightly buttery with crispy edges that pair perfectly with the sweetness of blueberry compote, ice cream, whipped cream, or eaten plain.
Feel like making cake from scratch? Try this super easy butter cake recipe!
Ingredients needed
- Pound cake
- Salted butter
- Grill or grill pan
- Toppings of your choice
How to make grilled pound cake
Do you know what makes this dessert a total showstopper? It’s so easy to make and can be made before any food-centered gathering.
- Lightly butter both sides of your pound cake.
- Add to a preheated grill or grill pan.
- Cook until each side is lightly browned and toasted.
- Serve with fresh fruit, ice cream, whipped cream, etc.
My Pro Tips
Recipe Tips
- Use store-bought pound cake to make things even easier. Your best options are the frozen pound cakes (Sara Lee makes a pretty famous one) or buying the store bakery pound cake.
- Make the cake a few hours beforehand and store it in an airtight zip-top baggie. This will keep the cake moist and fresh while saving you time at dessert.
- This is a great use for leftover pound cake and leftover macerated strawberries.
- You can use an outdoor grill (a perfect camping recipe) or an indoor grill pan. Either option will work well for this recipe.
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Grilled Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) loaf store bought pound cake, cut into 2 inch thick slices, you should get about 8 slices
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
Topping Options:
- vanilla ice cream
- whipped cream
- blueberry compote
- fresh fruit
Instructions
- Butter both sides of the pound cake.
- Preheat your outdoor grill to medium heat or set a grill pan over medium heat on teh stove.
- Add the pound cake to the grill or grill pan and cook for 3-5 minutes per side or until golden brown.
- Top each slice of pound cake with desired toppings.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These pictures SCREAM warm sunny days! And I am in desperate need of that. Grilled pound cake sounds right up my ally.
And I was known to be let loose into the wild a few times as well as a child. I guess we are both lucky the animals didn’t snack on us instead ;D
I hate snakes and apparently I was always trying to get eaten by them…haha 🙂
Wow, Aunt Sarah had the right idea!! I never thought to grill pound cake…..love this idea!!
I hope you give it a try…it’s the best!
Wow! This looks absolutely incredible! All I need is some warmer weather and a grill 🙂
LOVE grilled poundcake!!
Grilled! Love this idea!
This is a fabulous idea, Brandy! It screams summer!!
What a great dessert for the warm months ahead. Wish someone would pack this for me.
Your summers sound amazing!! And yeah this is pretty much the perfect way to wake up. Cake and fruit are definitely the keys to a good day!
Agreed! Cake is the key to a good day!!!
Love the storytelling and memories! And the fried pound cake for breakfast sounds like the best kind of breakfast ever:) Love the berries! And gorgeous photography!
Thank you Averie! Summers were the best! If only I could go back to being a kid 🙂
Yep, I’m very envious of your summers as a kid – they sound amazing! I would happily eat fried (or grilled) pound cake with fruit for breakfast every single day of the week. Sign me up 🙂
It’s so addicting!