lemon pound cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Betty Mitchell
Arkoma, OK

GOT THIS COOK BOOK AT A YARD SALE NEVER USED IT BUT STARTED READING IT AND CAME UP ON THIS ,POUND CAKE WAS SO DESIGNATED BECAUSE ITS MAGOR INGERDIENTS,BUTTER ,SUGAR,EGGS AND FLOUR WERE ORIGINALLY MEASURED BY THE POUND.TODAY'S RECIPES,MERCIFULLY,ARE MORE TEMPERATE THOUGH STILL RICH,

(1 rating)
yield 12 OR MORE
prep time 10 Min
cook time 1 Hr 10 Min

Ingredients For lemon pound cake

  • 1 c
    butter
  • 2/1/2 c
    sugar
  • 6 lg
    eggs
  • 3 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 c
    sour cream
  • tsp
    grated lemon rinds of 2 lemons
  • 2 tsp
    lemon juice
  • juice of lemon and 1/2 cup sugar for glaze

How To Make lemon pound cake

  • 1
    PREAHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES.
  • 2
    WITH MIXER,CREAM TOGETHER BUTTER AND SUGAR UNTIL FLUFFY ADD EGGS 1 AT A TIME,BEATING WELL AFTER EACH ADDITION.
  • 3
    IN A SEPARATE BOWL,SIFT TOGETHER FLOUR,SALT AND BANKING POWDER.ADD ALTERNATELY TO BATTER WITH SOUR CREAM BEGING AND ENDING WITH DRY INGERDIENTS, BEAT JUST UNTIL SMOOTH AFTER EACH ADDITION,CAREFULLY INCORPRATING ALL INGERDIENTS,STIR IN LEMON RIND AND EXTRACT--BATTER WILL BE THICK SPOON INTO BUTTERED AND FLOURED 10-INCN TUBE PAN.
  • 4
    BAKE ONE HOUR AND 10 MINUTES OR UNTIL ITS TEST DONE BY USING A TOOTH PICK IT VARS FROM YOUR OVEN.CAKE SHOULD BE MOIST NOT OVER COOKED.
  • 5
    JUST BEFORE REMOVING CAKE FROM OVEN PREPARE GLAZE MIX LEMON JUICE AND SUGAR IN A SMALL POT AND BRING TO A BOIL TO DISOLVE SUGAR. PLACE CAKE ON RACK AND LET STAND 5 MINUTES ,PRICK THE TOP OF THE CAKE WITH A PAIRING KNIFE THEN BRUSH O THE HOT GLAZE OVER IT UNTIL ITS ABSORBED LET CAKE REST DOR AN HOUR BEFORE REMOVING FROM THE PAN INJOY

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