Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar, plus 1/3 cup
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup lemon juice, plus 1/3 cup
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 6-cup loaf pan and line it with parchment or waxed paper. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter. Add 1 cup of the sugar and mix. With the mixer running at low speed, add the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla.
Working in alternating batches, and mixing after each addition, add the dry ingredients and 1/4 cup of the lemon juice to the butter mixture. Mix until just smooth.
Pour into the prepared pan and bake until raised in the center and a tester inserted into the center comes out dry and almost clean (a few crumbs are OK), 65 to 75 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the glaze: In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 1/3 cup sugar and the remaining 1/3 cup lemon juice until the sugar is dissolved.
When the cake is done, let cool in the pan 15 minutes (it will still be warm). Run a knife around the sides of the pan. Set a wire rack on a sheet pan with sides (to catch the glaze) and turn the cake out onto the rack. Peel off the waxed paper.
Using a turkey baster or pastry brush, spread glaze all over the top and sides of the cake and let soak in. Repeat until the entire glaze is used up, including any glaze that has dripped through onto the sheet pan. Let cool at room temperature or, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the refrigerator (Well wrapped, the cake will last up to a week). Serve at room temperature, in thin slices.
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By mmatsunaga87
Palm Desert
on January 22, 2013
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Great recipe and super easy to follow. The outcome was delicious. The only think my husband said was that it lacked the real buttery-ness that pound cakes are supposed to have.
I added some lemon zest into the mix and topped with lemon curd instead of the glaze.
By elgatogo
on June 30, 2012
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this is a good recipe but too sour and salty. i would probably water down the lemon juice a little and that would also probably make it a little lighter too. it doesn't even near compare to star buck's, but its still good. i probably wouldn't recommend it but its not bad at all.
By mommyballard_13...
Ocala, FL
on March 14, 2012
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It was good but very dense. My son loves the lemon pound cake from Starbucks but $3 per slice, once a week adds up! I wanted to make it at home to save some money. I'm not sure how they get it so light at Starbucks, but I guess that is why they charge so much! This was good but if you're looking for Starbucks' lemon pound cake...this isn't it!
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