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Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
My Great Grandma's Lemon Pound Cake Recipe is a serious keeper! Easy to make, subtly sweet with a light and moist crumb that no one can resist.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
8
servings
Author
Jessy Freimann
Ingredients
1
cup
+ 1 Tablespoon salted butter
(2 sticks + 1 tablespoon)
1
cup
sugar
2
lemons zest
1
Tablespoon
lemon juice
(optional- if you want it extra lemon-y)
5
large
eggs,
seperated and whites beaten until stiff
¾
cup
warm milk
3
cups
flour
2
teaspoons
baking powder
Confectioner's sugar, for serving.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and generously grease a tube or bundt pan. Set aside.
Cream butter, sugar and lemon zest together until light and creamy.
Add egg yolks. If using lemon juice add this at this time. Mix until just combined.
In a separate bowl sift flour and baking powder together.
Add a small amount of dry ingredients into wet ingredients and keep going back and forth until both are just mixed in.
Gently fold in whipped egg whites until everything is combined.
Place into prepared cake pan and bake for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean (err on the shorter side if using a dark coated pan).
Cool and serve with a sprinkle of confectioner's sugar.