LEMON POUND CAKE |
Name: |
Angela Lawson |
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Fort Bragg |
Recipe: |
Preparation time: 15 min Baking time: 55 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cake Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup buttermilk*
1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Glaze Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; gradually add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt alternately with buttermilk until well mixed. Stir in lemon peel and 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Spread batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt® pan. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
Stir together powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons lemon juice and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Drizzle over cooled cake.
*Substitute 2 teaspoons vinegar or lemon juice plus enough milk to equal 3/4 cup. Let stand 5 minutes.
Recipe Tip
Golden Lemon Pound Cake can be baked in loaves. Divide batter between 2 greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pans. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
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