Lemon Pound Cake 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. What is pound cake? 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. How to Make Lemon Pound Cake Butter is an important ingredient in pound cake so be sure and use a good quality butter, don’t buy the generic store brand. Only mix your ingredients until incorporated. Over mixing the batter can cause the cake to be tough. If you are 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. This will help you to get the cake out in one piece. I love this brand of cooking spray. I love to add a glaze to my lemon pound cake to give it even more amazing lemon flavor. Just add enough lemon juice to some powdered sugar to give it a nice drizzling consistency. Adding in a little milk or whipping cream will give it a creamier consistency. See recipe below. 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. If you need a bundt pan, check out this one. If you love lemon desserts, check out these other lemon treats I love: Lemon Oatmeal Cookies Swedish Lemon Pancakes Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake Check out more delicious dinner ideas on my Facebook page and follow me on Instagram Lemon Pound Cake Recipe Lemon Pound Cake Lemon Pound Cake is a perfectly lovely dessert, suitable for any gathering or tea party. 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 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. originally posted April 2014 If you love lemon desserts, check out these other lemon treats: Lemon Oatmeal Cookies Swedish Lemon Pancakes Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake Continue reading Lemon Pound Cake. This post is from Your Homebased Mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

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.

What is pound cake?

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.

How to Make Lemon Pound Cake

• Butter is an important ingredient in pound cake so be sure and use a good quality butter, don’t buy the generic store brand.
• Only mix your ingredients until incorporated.  Over mixing the batter can cause the cake to be tough.
• If you are 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.  This will help you to get the cake out in one piece.  I love this brand of cooking spray.
• I love to add a glaze to my lemon pound cake to give it even more amazing lemon flavor.  Just add enough lemon juice to some powdered sugar to give it a nice drizzling consistency.  Adding in a little milk or whipping cream will give it a creamier consistency.  See recipe below.

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.

If you need a bundt pan, check out this one.

If you love lemon desserts, check out these other lemon treats I love:

• Lemon Oatmeal Cookies
• Swedish Lemon Pancakes
• Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake

  Check out more delicious dinner ideas on my Facebook page and follow me on Instagram

Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

Lemon Pound Cake

Lemon Pound Cake is a perfectly lovely dessert, suitable for any gathering or tea party.

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

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.  
2. Combine sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. 

3. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. 

4. Reduce speed to low. Gradually adding flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt alternately with buttermilk and scraping bowl often, until well mixed. 

5. Add lemon peel and 1 Tbsp lemon juice. Continue beating until well mixed.

6. Spread batter into a greased and flour 12 cup Bundt pan or a 10 inch angel food cake pan.  

7. Bake for 55-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  

8. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.

Lemon Glaze

1. Stir together powdered sugar, 2 tsp lemon juice and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl.  

2. Drizzle over cooled cake.

 

originally posted April 2014

If you love lemon desserts, check out these other lemon treats:

Lemon Oatmeal Cookies

Swedish Lemon Pancakes

Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake

Continue reading Lemon Pound Cake. This post is from Your Homebased Mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

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