Lemon Sunday Pound Cake May 18, 2008
Posted by Dorothy in cake.Tags: lemon, pound cake, recipe, sunday, syrup
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The traditional pound cake was first created in the South, and contained one pound each of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs. Pound cakes can be found in a variety of flavors, from chocolate, to vanilla, to lemon. But no matter what flavor, a pound cake will always have a rich, buttery taste and meltinyourmouth sensation. Pound cakes in today’s paranoid society are much much lighter than the traditional pound cake, but still contain an ample amount of butter to maintain the cake’s trademark richness.
I love pound cake for Sunday brunch. The thick, buttery goodness of the cake sets off the most comfortable mood for the most comfortable day. And what better way to start off a gorgeous, sunny, day than with lemons?
Lemon Sunday Pound Cake
1 c butter, melted
1 Tbsp lemon zest
2 c sugar
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
3 c all-purpose flour
1 c milk
Grease a 10 in. tube pan or bundt pan and preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix lemon zest and sugar together until sugar is fragrant. Cream sugar and butter. Beat in eggs and lemon juice. Add salt, flour, baking powder and combine. Stir in milk. Bake for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
Lemon Sunday Pound Cake Syrup
1 c sugar
1/2 c lemon juice
1/2 c water
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cool slightly and pour over cake.
Happy Sunday and Enjoy!
This sounds incredible! I’ll have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE pound cake – whata refreshing twist on a classic dessert, with the lemons! Yum!
I love lemon more than any other flavor – edging out chocolate, even – and can never get enough. This looks amazing!
A lovely cake and a lovely blog!
Oh….yes.
I love pound cake. So retro & Southern.
as a proud southern gal, i commend you for your refreshing pound cake! further, your pictures are so fabulous, i’m having trouble focusing on writing this comment…i keep scrolling back up to look at them.
Beautiful pound cake! My family’s a fan of pound cakes, and I think the addition of lemon here would be such a refreshing treat. Thanks for sharing
I love lemon pound cake and my boyfriend even more…definitely going to have to give this recipe a try!
Holy Macarolli – your Pound Cake is awesome… good stuff!!!
I loved it. Brought back memories of anouther time!
Got this is the oven right now for the family! Looks great, I Veganized it a bit, but am sure it will be Fab! Thanks for sharing it! Great PICS BTW!
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Pound cakes one of my fav(I’ve always got to have them in the fridge lol)