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Home » Bake Sale

Pound Cake in a Jar

Last updated on September 20, 2022 By Anna 6 Comments This post may contain affiliate links.

At first I wasn't sure why anyone would bake pound cake in a jar, but after reading this feature in The Austin Statesman, pound cake in a jar seemed like a good idea (Update: It's not). Or at least (Not even) if you need to ship cake to someone in Quatar.

pound cake in a jar

I didn't need to ship cake, and to be honest I have safety concerns about keeping any cake around for a year. However, I do like the idea of making cake in small jars and serving it with berries and cream or making cake in large jars then popping it out and cutting it in circles. So making pound cake in a jar was this morning's project. Looks like we'll be having cake for dessert!

pound cake in a jar

Update: Making cake in a jar was fun, but after doing more reading on the subject I definitely would not try canning it or preserving it as the book suggests. Here are two good links with more info.

Penn State -- Canning Cakes

Is Oven Canning Safe?

pound cake in a jar

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  1. Sue

    February 20, 2017 at 9:55 am

    I wondered about the lids too Anna. It seems like boiling the lids is the only way it would be safe to store long term. Lisa It's really good to hear that this worked and your son enjoyed it. Was it difficult to ship since the jars are glass and breakable?

  2. Anna

    February 20, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Lisa, did you boil the lids in water or did you just put the lids on the hot cake and wait for the middle top pop? This recipe doesn't say anything about sterilizing the lids, but others do.

  3. Lisa Keys

    February 20, 2017 at 9:35 am

    when my son was stationed in Afghanistan this cake in a jar was one of his favorite things in the care package

  4. Anna

    February 19, 2017 at 8:32 pm

    The next time I make these I plan on using butter. While this cake was fine, I'd like to test the jar method using this recipe

    https://www.cookiemadness.net/2013/03/elvis-presleys-favorite-pound-cake/

    Or maybe this one.

    https://www.cookiemadness.net/2013/02/perfect-cream-cheese-pound-cake/

    Or this one

    https://www.cookiemadness.net/2008/07/best-pound-cake-ever/

    I'm sure there are a lot of good butter based recipes that would be amenable to the jar method of baking. So far this is the only one I've tried.

  5. Bina

    February 19, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    Hi Susan

    These look lovely and would make great gifts. What do you think about substituting butter for the shortening. I live in Hong Kong and shortening is not always available. Would I need to make any other changes?,

  6. Sue

    February 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    Hmmm. I'm not going to be trying this. It's interesting to think about though.

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