Lemon Pound Cake Recipe: Easy and Delicious!

This lemon pound cake is one of my favorites. I love how refreshing it tastes. It is a really simple cake to make and only takes minutes to mix up. You will need the following ingredients:

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Recipe:

1 stick of butter

1/2 cup of vegetable shortening

2 cups of sugar

4 eggs

3 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

3/4 teaspoon of salt

1 cup of buttermilk

1 lemon, juice and zest

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or lemon extract

(Glaze recipe below)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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Add the butter, sugar and vegetable shortening to a bowl and mix until this mixture is light and fluffy.

Add the 4 eggs, one at time, and mix between each one.

Next add the lemon zest, juice and the vanilla extract or lemon extract.

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Add the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and buttermilk.

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Mix until it is well blended.

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Pour this cake into a two greased loaf pans or a bundt pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. This should take about 1 hour or so.

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Remove from the oven and let sit in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn the cake over onto a plate. Enjoy!

If you want to glaze this cake below is my recipe I use for lemon glaze.

Optional Lemon Glaze Recipe:

1 lemon, zest and juice

1 cup of powdered sugar

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Stir this together with a spoon and if is a little thick add just a few drops of water at a time.

Drizzle the glaze over the pound cake using a fork.

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I like to serve this cake cut into slices warm from the oven and it is also delicious at room temperature.

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Tip: You can change up the flavoring of this cake and you can add addititions like fresh or frozen blueberries.

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