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Glazed Lemon Pound Cake
This bright and zesty glazed lemon pound cake is buttery, soft and topped with an easy lemon glaze. It’s perfect for lemon lovers.
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 20m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 1h👤 The Recipe Critic📖 therecipecritic
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Making the Cake:
2
Preheat the oven to 350F / 180C / 160C fan forced. Grease and line a 6 cup capacity loaf tin with baking paper so that its sticking up above the sides.
3
In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt, then whisk to combine well.
baking powder1 teaspoon
4
In a large bowl or the bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar until lightened and creamy.
5
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, making sure each is fully incorporated before adding the next. Scrape the sides of the bowl from time to time.
large eggs, room temp4
6
Add the vanilla and lemon zest and beat to combine.
vanilla1 teaspoon½ tablespoons lemon zest1lemon zest1 teaspoon
7
Add half the flour mixture and mix on low just until combined (no more).
8
Follow with the combined buttermilk and lemon juice, mix in, then the rest of the flour mixing until only just combined.
9
Tip the mixture into the prepared tin, then level out with a spatula.
10
Bake for ⏱️ 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out with a crumb or two attached.
11
Remove from tin after ⏱️ 5 minutes using the baking paper to lift it, then allow to cool completely before glazing.
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Making the Glaze:
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Mix together the icing sugar, zest and half the lemon juice. Slowly add more lemon juice until it gets to the desired consistency, then pour it over the cake.
Nutrition Facts
calories
371 kcal
fat Content
19 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
35 g
sodium Content
62 mg
protein Content
2 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
49 mg
carbohydrate Content
50 g
saturated Fat Content
12 g
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