Best 5 Lemon Poundcake Recipes

LEMON POPPY SEED POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour an 8-inch loaf pan.
• In a bowl, combine lemon zest and sugar and rub with your fingers until it looks like wet sand. Whisk in buttermilk, 3 tablespoons lemon juice and eggs. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk dry ingredients into the batter, then whisk in oil and poppy seeds.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in pan until warm to the touch, then turn out onto a baking rack set over a rimmed baking sheet. Turn cake right side up.
• Whisk together remaining 4 teaspoons lemon juice and the confectioners' sugar. Use a pastry brush to spread glaze evenly over top and sides of cake. Cool completely before slicing.

LEMON POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan. Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light. Add the lemon zest, then the eggs, one at a time, mixing until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the sour cream, mixing just to combine. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Place on a rack.
• Put the confectioners' sugar in a bowl and gradually whisk in the lemon juice. Brush some of the mixture over the top of the cake. Let stand for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan and brush the cake top, sides and bottom well with the lemon mixture. Repeat after 10 minutes. Slice and serve.

LEMON BLUEBERRY CORNMEAL POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a 8 1/2 inch loaf pan with 1 tablespoon butter. 2. Place the 12 tablespoons butter in large bowl and beat on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and cream together. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing and scraping in between each egg addition. 3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, powder, salt, and cornmeal. Add to the butter mixture in 3 stages, mixing well after each addition. 4. Add the lemon zest and juice. Fold in blueberries. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan. It should be very thick, so spread it evenly throughout the pan. 5. Bake 45 minutes, until the cake is light golden on top and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out slightly moist. 6. Glaze- Combine lemon juice and confectioners sugar. Let cake cool about 10 minutes and pour 1/2 of glaze over cake. Let sit for another 15-20 minutes and pour over rest of glaze over cake. * if you do not have cake flour, use 1 Tablespoon less of all pupose flour.

LEMON-POPPY POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a large tube pan with a removable bottom. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar, beating until the mixture is fluffy and light-colored. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the buttermilk, lemon zest and lemon extract. In 3 additions, beat in the flour mixture, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pan and bake until the cake is lightly browned and a cake tester or wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the cake is removed clean, about 50 to 55 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes. Run a thin-bladed knife around the edges and bottom of the pan to loosen the cake. Invert, tapping the pan to release the cake. Place the cake on a wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle the top with the lemon-zest glaze, place on a cake plate and serve.

LEMON BUTTERMILK POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• 1. Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Preheat over to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan, tapping out excess flour. 2. In medium bowl, whisk together flour salt and baking soda. 3. Cream butter and shortening together, scraping sides if needed. Slowly drizzle in sugar; cream mixture well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in vanilla. On low speed, mix a third of the flour mixture until just combined. Add a third of the buttermilk, mixing until just combined. Repeat with remaining buttermilk and flour. Add lemon juice, mix to combine. 4. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester comes out clean, about 75 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes in pan and remove from pan. 5. Before serving, stir together glaze ingredients and spoon over top and sides of cake. Better the next day!