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Home » Cake » Guava Pound Cake

Guava Pound Cake

February 28, 2009 · Macie Kerr · 11 Comments

For a Cuban inspired dessert, I made a guava pound cake which I served with a homemade strawberry & banana vanilla soy ice cream. This pound cake recipe was recently featured in Ashlee’s blog where she used the recipe for a cake. It’s a recipe from Paula Deen and much to my surprise, it wasn’t as heavy as I expected.

To adapt Paula Deen’s pound cake recipe with a Cuban flair, I substituted 1 cup of sugar with 1 cup of guava syrup… and it came out beautifully and moist!

Guava Pound Cake

pound cake recipe adapted from Paula Deen

Guava Pound Cake

Guava Pound Cake Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup guava paste, melted
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Guava Pound Cake Recipe Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
  3. Add the guava paste, sour cream and mix until incorporated.
  4. Sift the baking soda and flour together.
  5. Add to the creamed mixture alternating with eggs, beating each egg 1 at a time.
  6. Add the vanilla and pour the mixture into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
  7. Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes.

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  1. Ruth Strong says

    February 28, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Wow, this sounds delish! Great cake, fab ice cream!

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  2. Jennifer says

    February 28, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    I just made an orange pound/bundt cake yesterday but damn, guava-very creative and yummy.

    Reply
  3. cookingkatie says

    February 28, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    wow that looks great, I’m going to have to try that….Hope your dinner went well!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    March 1, 2009 at 2:54 am

    Ooh what an awesome sub with the guava! This looks incredibly moist, and a great pairing with the ice cream!

    Reply
  5. Jaime says

    March 1, 2009 at 3:53 am

    guava pound cake?! yum!

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  6. Tangled Noodle says

    March 1, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Oh yes! This is what I was waiting for – I’m going to look for guava paste. Where did you find yours? Do you think a Latin/South American grocery is more likely to have it? It looks amazing!

    Reply
  7. #1SAHM says

    March 2, 2009 at 2:37 am

    wow! This looks and sounds amazing! Yum!

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    April 12, 2019 at 5:24 pm

    Do you melt the guava paste then add it to the batter before you bake it? Or do you cube it and then add it?
    Thank you

    Reply
  9. What's Cookin Chicago says

    April 12, 2019 at 5:25 pm

    You would melt it and stir in.

    Reply
  10. john r says

    August 23, 2020 at 2:54 am

    I made this cake and man oh man is it outstanding!!! The top of the cake while in the oven (which is the bottom after you remove from pan) almost has a carmelized taste from the guava paste in the cake. It is really an excellent cake.

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  11. netocgka1948 says

    December 21, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    How to melt guava paste?

    Reply

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