My grandma's pound cake recipe finally worked after she told me to stop overmixing

I've been trying to make my grandma's pound cake for about 6 months now and it always came out dense and tough. Last week I called her on the phone and she asked how long I was mixing the batter. I said around 3 minutes. She laughed and told me to stop after 30 seconds max. Turns out I was developing too much gluten the whole time. I tried her way on Sunday and it came out super light and fluffy for the first time. Has anyone else had a family recipe fail because of one small step you were doing wrong?

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the_joseph3d ago

Overmixing is a myth, I beat my batter 5 minutes and it's perfect.

hayden_martin293d ago

Funny how that works with so many things in life, we just assume more effort means better results until someone shows us the easy way. It's like when I used to push so hard on a stuck jar lid until my dad told me to tap it first.