Lemon and Raspberry Pound Cake
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 8 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 8 servings
- Calories
- 473
- Total Fat
- 19
- Saturated Fat
- 12
- Carbohydrates
- 71
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 51
- Protein
- 5
- Cholesterol
- 116
- Sodium
- 105
- Total: 3 hr (includes cooling and setting times)
- Active: 15 min
Ingredients
Cake:
One 6-ounce container fresh raspberries
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, plus more for buttering the pan
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring the pan
1/2 cup lemonade
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon lemon zest, left out to dry for 30 minutes, plus juice of 1/2 lemon
Pinch kosher salt
Directions
- For the cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Put the raspberries in a bowl and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the granulated sugar and butter. Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition. Turn the mixer to low and gradually add all but 2 tablespoons of the flour (reserve the 2 tablespoons for the raspberries). Add the lemonade and salt and mix until combined. Add the lemon zest and mix. Scrape the bowl.
- Toss the remaining 2 tablespoons flour with the raspberries in the bowl; this will stop them from sinking. Fold the raspberries into the batter with a spatula.
- Butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and even out the surface. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center does not come out totally clean but isn't wet with batter either, 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. Let the cake sit in the pan for 30 minutes, then carefully turn it out onto a cooling rack set over a baking sheet to cool.
- For the glaze: Combine the powdered sugar, lemon zest and juice, salt and 2 tablespoons water in a bowl. Gently whisk until thick but pourable, adding a little more water if needed. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and let set.