Lemon Pound Cake

Name: Lemon Pound Cake
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 and 1/2 cup sugar; 3 tsp baking powder; 4 tbsp lemon zest; 4 tbsp lemon juice; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 4 eggs; 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup buttermilk; For the glaze, 1 cup powder sugar and 3 tbsp lemon juice

Fady SBT @cook_Fadila

Damaturu Yobe state

Lemon Pound Cake

Fady SBT @cook_Fadila

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Ingredients

1 hour

3 servings

3 cupsflour
1and 1/2 cup sugar
3 tspbaking powder
4 tbsplemon zest
4 tbsplemon juice
1/2 tspsalt
2 tspvanilla extract
4eggs
1 cupunsalted butter
1 cupbuttermilk
For the glaze, 1 cup powder sugar and 3 tbsp lemon juice

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Steps

1 hour

1

Grease your cake pan mold with butter and dust with flour, then set aside.
2

In a large mixing bowl, add your flour, baking powder, salt and lemon zest. Whisk and set aside.
3

In a separate bowl, add butter and sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs individually and mix after each egg is added. Continue mixing thoroughly.
4

Add 4tbsp lemon juice, vanilla extract and mix once again.
5

Add half of the flour mixture from earlier and mix until well combined. Pour in 1/2 cup of buttermilk and continue mixing.
6

Add the remaining half of the flour mixture and another 1/2 cup buttermilk. Then beat until well combined. Scrape the side of bowl.
7

Pour the batter into the greased cake mold and spread evenly.
8

Preheat your oven, and bake for 30-45mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (I baked mine in two batches). Let it sit and cool for 30mins.
9

For the glaze, add one cup of powder sugar, 3tbsp of lemon juice and mix until smooth.
10

Pour glaze onto the loaves cakes. Best serve after 1 hour in fridge.