Lemon Poundcake with Lemon Glaze

By peridot728

A beautiful lemon flavor pound cake with the most wonderful lemon glaze!

Ingredients

• LEMON POUND CAKE:
• 2-1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1-1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 4 eggs
• 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• LEMON GLAZE:
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons salted butter, softened

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 70mins
Adapted from iambaker.net

Preparation

Step 1

LEMON POUND CAKE:
Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.
Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon extract and lemon zest into batter. Pour into prepared bundt pan.
Reduce oven temperature to 325° F.
Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.

LEMON GLAZE:
Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons softened butter together in a bowl until glaze is smooth.

Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.