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Lemon Pound Cake

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Lemon Pound Cake
A delicious lemon pound cake with lemon glaze

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 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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User Reviews

 5 out of 5
Use real lemon., Member artisanrox

I made this and was shocked how much batter it made. I wanted individual portions to take to work for lunch, and this recipe made 8 petite loaves and one half-high standard size bread loaf. Based on previous reviews here I bumped up the heat to 350, it would have never gotten done at 300. I didn't have lemon extract so I used a LOT of real lemon juice in the batter and also microplaned some rind in. It was even better and more moist the day after or two! Was very dense but still fluffy. I didn't put as much water in the glaze as I like a strong flavor, but still it went well. VERY GOOD, and one coworker said it was some fo the best pound cake she's ever had. I would definitely make this again!!!!

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