lemon glazed pound cake
This is not my lemon glazed pound cake recipe...it is from a co worker of mine who would make a pound cake to slap your mother about! She FINALLY gave me her recipe and I am sharing this lovely gem here. Beware dangerously delicious cake. I have to freeze half of it and eat in small increments lol.
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr 30 Min
method
Bake
yield
Ingredients
- CAKE RECIPE
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 - eggs (also should be room temp)
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- FOR LEMON GLAZE
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup pure lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind (you should get this from making the lemon juice)
How To Make lemon glazed pound cake
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Step 1Beat butter in a large bowl at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer; gradually add oil, beating until well blended.
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Step 2Gradually 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.
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Step 3Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in lemon extract. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
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Step 4Bake 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.
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Step 5Combine 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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