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Lemon Pound Cake

freshlyhomecooked

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • zest of 2 lemons
  • juice of 2 lemons

Ingredients for Lemon Glaze

  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2-4 tablespoons milk, as needed to thin

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9 or 10- inch bundt cake pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
  • In a large bowl, with either a hand or stand mixer, beat softened butter with granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, milk, vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice until smooth. Add the dry ingredients in three separate additions, beating after each until fully incorporated.
  • Pour cake batter into the cake pan and bake for 50-55 minutes. Let cool completely. Turn cake out onto a large plate.
  • For the lemon glaze, in a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk. Pour glaze evenly over the cake.