Do you feel like baking something this week? Why not try out a recipe for pound cake? This delicious confectionary gains its name from the ingredients. Each pound cake typically contains a pound of sugar, eggs, flour, and sugar. The results are a delicious, firm, and tasty cake that’s moist and full of flavor.
Lemon is our favorite pound cake flavor. It’s a refreshing and tasty dessert that tastes great with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. It’s a fantastic way to finish a meal and a sweet snack for the afternoon.
Here’s a list of 15 recipes for lemon pound cake. There’s something to suit any level of a baker, even if you’ve never baked a cake before. Choose one and invite your friends round for a high-tea, they’ll marvel at your mastery of baking. We have recipe ideas for traditional pound cakes, as well as filled and frosted options.
1. Pure Lemon Pound Cake
This recipe for pure-lemon pound cake comes straight out of the South. Made with lemon zest, lemon juice, and topped with a lemon buttermilk glaze – this dessert is a bittersweet lemon lovers delight.
INGREDIENTS – Cake
3-cups all-purpose flour.
6-large free-range eggs.
1-½-cups grass-fed butter.
8-oz. Cream cheese.
3-cups brown sugar.
1-teaspoon salt.
1-tablespoon vanilla extract.
2-tablespoons lemon juice.
Zest of one lemon.
INGREDIENTS – Lemon Buttermilk Glaze
1-tablespoon buttermilk.
1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar.
Zest of 1 lemon.
2-tablespoons lemon juice.
METHOD
For the Pound Cake.
Preheat the oven to 350F.Prep a bundt tin or tube pan with grass-fed butter and dust with flour then set aside.
Add the cream cheese, butter, sugar, and eggs to a large mixing bowl, whisk until fluffy. Add the vanilla, salt, and flour, keep whisking till combined. Pour the cake batter into the bundt tin and bake in the oven for 75 to 90-minutes until golden brown. When you pass a toothpick through the cake, it should come out clean.
For the Buttermilk Glaze.
Whisk together the lemon juice, sugar, zest, and buttermilk until fluffy. Set until the cake cools, then drizzle over the top of the pound cake.