This is a luscious lemon pound cake recipe.
The directions call for it to be placed into a bundt cake pan. It does look wonderful in one of those fancy bundt cake pans, but a plain one will do.
If you don’t have a bundt pan, or you prefer loaf shaped cakes, you can also divide this cake recipe into two average size loaf tins. Check cakes after 35 minutes of baking as they will bake faster than the bundt pan.
Also, the glaze is optional. You can leave the pound cake plain or dust it with powdered sugar as you see in the image above.
The cake has a touch of almond extract to add richness and extra flavor.
The ooey gooey glaze is a sweet tart mix of lemon juice, lemon rind and sugar.
It is a perfect complement to the rich lovely cake.
Lemon Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
- 3/4 cup milk
For the Lemon Glaze:
- 3/4 cup confectioner sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine the oil and sugar and mix well. Add the eggs and continue beating the mixture until it is smooth. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into the egg mixture. Add the remaining ingredients and mix together well.
- Pour the batter into a lightly oiled 12 cup bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, combine the glaze ingredients. While cake is still hot, pierce several times with a cake tester or toothpick to create small holes in the cake, then spoon the glaze over the cake.
Nutrition
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If you love the taste of our lemon pound cake, you will also want to see our lemon cheesecake recipe.
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Baking Method
This is more of a question rather than a comment….. if baking time is an hour, do i still bake miniature loafs for an hour as well????
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No, miniature loafs would take less time to bake. If baking time is 60 minutes, test mini loaves at 20 minutes or so.
Karen
Magic Lemon Cake
Originally posted by spiesser baldran alexandra (le monastier in France)
Preparation time: 10min
Cooking time : 30min
A lemon grated rind
200g sugar
3 eggs
10cl milk
300g flour
15cl oil
1 packet of baking powder
1) Preheat oven 180°c (th.6), grease a cake tin.
2) Mix the eggs, sugar, flour. Then pour gradually the milk and oil. Add the baking powder and lemon rind.
3) Pour the mixture into the tin.
4) Bake for 30 min.