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Lemon Pound Cake

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By Diana Rattray, About.com

A delicious lemon pound cake with lemon glaze

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
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  • Glaze Ingredients:
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  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice

Preparation:

Beat butter in a large bowl at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer; gradually add oil, beating until well blended. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in lemon extract. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and place directly on wire rack.

Combine glaze ingredients, stirring until sugar dissolves. Brush lemon glaze on sides of cake and spoon glaze over top, a little at a time. Let lemon pound cake cool completely.

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Lemon Pound CakeFebruary 22, 2009By JanetRoss
"This pound cake is very good. I will make it again yet I added salt to the recipe. If you add a dash of salt it brings out the lemon flavor more. I also used the juice of a lemon and the pulp instead of the extract that the recipe called for."

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