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Lemon Pound Cake is a perfectly lovely dessert, suitable for any gathering or tea party.
I recently enjoyed lunch with a friend at a fun little student run cafe at the School of Arts & Crafts on the west side of Portland. The menu is limited but always amazing. And they use fresh, local ingredients.
The day we were there they served a yummy lemon pound cake with lemon curd and whip cream. My friend had to stop me from licking the plate! We had decided to split a piece and did I regret that decision! The cake was delicious but the addition of the lemon curd was truly amazing. I knew I needed to come up with my own version to make at home.
I would describe pound cake as a cross between cake and a quick bread. It has a nice dense texture to it. Pound cake has historically referred to a cake that is traditionally made with a pound of butter, flour, eggs and sugar. The first pound cake recipes is said to date back to the 1700’s and pound cake first made it’s appearance in America in 1796. This recipe does not contain a pound of butter, eggs or sugar. It is an adaptation of a traditional pound cake.
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Lemons, zest and juice
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk
How to Make Lemon Pound Cake
- Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda and salt in a bow and set aside.
- Add sugar and butter to a second large bowl. Beat on medium speed until creamy, scraping the bowl often.
- Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed.
- Reduce speed to low.
- Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk to the batter. Scrape the bowl often and do not over mix.
- Add lemon zest and lemon juice. Continue beating until well mixed.
- Spread batter into a prepared bundt pan or a 10 inch angel food cake pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55-65 minutes.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
- Stir together powdered sugar, lemon juice and enough milk for desired glazing consistency.
- Drizzle over cooled cake.
Tips from leigh Anne
- Butter is an important ingredient in pound cake so be sure and use a good quality butter.
- Do not over mix. Only mix your ingredients until incorporated to keep the cake soft.
- If using a bundt cake pan, be sure to spray the pan liberally with a non stick baking spray and then give it a light coat of flour to prevent sticking.
To change things up a bit, I mixed the whipped cream and lemon curd together to create a delicious lemon whipped cream. Serve each slice of lemon pound cake with a spoonful of the lemon whipped cream and some fresh raspberries on top. Any kind of berry would be delicious with this.
You can purchase lemon curd at the store to add into your whipped cream or you can easily make it at home too. Check out my delicious lemon curd recipe.
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Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Lemon Pound Cake
- 2 C sugar
- 1 C butter softened
- 4 eggs
- 3 C flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 C buttermilk
- 1 Tbsp freshly grated lemon peel
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Lemon Glaze
- 1 1/4 C powdered sugar
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1-2 Tbsp milk
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed.
- Reduce speed to low. Gradually adding flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt alternately with buttermilk and scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
- Add lemon peel and 1 Tbsp lemon juice. Continue beating until well mixed.
- Spread batter into a greased and flour 12 cup Bundt pan or a 10 inch angel food cake pan.
- Bake for 55-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
Lemon Glaze
- Stir together powdered sugar, 2 tsp lemon juice and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl.
- Drizzle over cooled cake.
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Valerie H. says
Sounds refreshing!
Tamara says
This looks so good. I can almost taste it. Thanks for sharing all these fun cake recipes!