How to Make Homemade Lemon Pound Cake

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Everyone has a favorite lemon pound cake recipe. This one is an adaptation of my grandmother's beloved homemade lemon pound cake recipe. She enjoyed baking and used to mix everything by hand. I can still see her opening the oven door and carefully placing the cake on the oven rack. If you've got a hankering for lemony memories, try this recipe.

Things You'll Need

• Cake:
• 1 ½ Crisco Butter Flavored All Vegetable Shortening Sticks
• 3 cups Sugar
• 5 Eggs at room temperature
• 3 cups Cake flour
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla powder
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup heavy cream
• ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
• Glaze:
• 2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• ½ cup orange juice concentrate
• Equipment:
• Cooking oil spray
• 10-inch tube or angel food cake pan
• Measuring cups & spoons
• 2 mixing bowls (medium and large sizes)
• Sifter
• Electric mixer
• Wire whisk

Instructions

1. 

   Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a 10-inch tube or angel food pan.

2. 

   Cream Crisco stick until light and smooth. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.

3. 

   Sift together cake flour, vanilla powder, baking powder, and salt into a medium sized mixing bowl and set aside.

4. 

   Mix lemon flavoring with heavy cream. Alternate with dry ingredients, beating after each until combined. Pour the batter into the 10-inch tube pan and place into preheated oven on middle rack.

5. 

   Bake for two hours. Test for to see if it is done by inserting a cake tester or toothpick near the tube. If it comes out clean then the cake is done. Remove from oven and let cool. Remove cake from pan.

6. 

   Using a wire whisk, prepare glaze by combining all ingredients. Stir until mixture drizzles. Gently poke holes in top of cake using a fork. Trickle glaze over warm cake.

Resources

• Crisco Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Sticks
• Tasty Treats Bakery
• Simple Solutions for Family & Home
• Enjoy a Cup of Tea with Your Lemon Poundcake