Old Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake
"Straight-to-it, no nonsense, Southern lemon poundcake! A variation from the Fish Family Cookbook, out of South Carolina.
You can make this any old way you want, you can substitute some vanilla for the lemon zest, and add anything you want. Cherries, pineapple, coconut, chocolate chips, blueberries, orange zest, just about anything!
I like to make a simple glaze for this with 1.5 cups icing sugar, 1 tsp lemon zest, and 1/4 cup lemonade, but you could also use milk or water."
photo by Megohm
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 10-12
ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest or 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup shortening (or butter!)
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
directions
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Mix well, or use a sifter.
- Stir in lemon zest.
- In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and shortening very well, until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well each time.
- Next, add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
- Pour into a well-greased bundt or tube pan, and place in a 350 degree F oven for about 60 minutes, or until it tests clean with a toothpick/knife, and cake springs back when touched.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Culinary school drop-out (happy cook)!
My name is Meg, as my public name might suggest, and I'm 20 years old. So far, I've been a cook my whole life, at home and in restaurants, working as a Baker's Assistant right now. I was raised in a commercial bakery and general store as well run by my aunt and mom. I'm engaged to an amazing guy, who I met in high school in a restaurant prep course. We both went to college for Culinary Arts/Chef Training, but neither found the program very satisfying. As it stands, we're both happiest cooking, so long as it's not in a kitchen lab.
I've been nosing around 'Zaar since I was about 13 or 14, and it's been a huge source of learning for me, back when I didn't even know what a roux was, haha. If you've seen me around before, I'm the former SugarMegnolia.
Also, I write a blog, however, I'm not always the best at keeping up with it, but try to put in my best effort whenever I get around to writing. The link is here, please give it a quick look-see!
