Easy Lemon Pound Cake

Easy Lemon Pound Cake

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
  • Servings: 8

    • About This Recipe

    “I have used this cake for so many different things. Its great if you need something at the last minute. Its always comes out good. It’s good just as a pound cake, without the drizzled lemon. We like it for strawberry shortcake.”

    Ingredients

  • 1/2 cupbutter, melted
  • 1cupsugar
  • 2eggs, well beaten
  • 1tablespoonlemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1 1/2 cupsflour
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/2 cupmilk
  • 1/3 cuplemon juice
  • 1/4 cupsugar

    • Directions

  • Mix together 1 cup sugar and butter.
  • Add eggs and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice; mix well.
  • Add salt, flour, and baking powder to mixture.
  • Add milk.
  • Bake at 325°F in a well greased loaf pan for 1 hour,or until golden brown.
  • Mix 1/3 cup lemon juice and 1/4 cup sugar.
  • Use a toothpick to make holes in top of cake and drizzle lemon juice and sugar mixture over the top of the cake when removed from the oven.
  • Serve warm or cool.

    • Reviews

  • “More like a cake than a traditional pound cake, but it had a good flavor and texture.Especially liked the drizzled lemon/sugar.Don’t know how it was at room temperature–it was all gone before it had cooled.”

  • “This recipe was quick and easy and delicious. I use it to make several pound cakes for my church.”

  • “An exellent and simple recipe!!”

  • “I love this, super easy, everything is already on hand.Terrific!”

  • “Nice and easy!As others, I added more lemon, and a touch of cinnamon, it turned out great and easy to decorate :)”

  • “This pound cake is DELICIOUS!!! I had some extra lemons I needed to use and am sure glad I came across this recipe. I like others doubled the amount of the lemon juice, used the zest of 2 lemons and I also used buttermilk. I also added the almond extract. The texture is so light and airy. This will definately be my go to dessert recipe when I need something quick and easy. Thanks so much for posting!!”

  • “My husband and daughter love starbucks lemon loaf and I had tried another recipe, it was okay.They loved this one, very easy to make.I’ve made 2 in 2 days, and will probably have to make another one before Wednesday.I forgot to add that I decreased the milk amt and added more lemon juice, both by 1/4 cup.”

  • “Absolutely delicious!I used the juice and grated rind of one lemon and only 1/4 cup of milk.Lovely texture and lovely lemon flavor.”

  • “Very good with the lemon drizzle and sugared strawberries on top.I made these in large muffin cups for individual servings.Great dessert!”

  • “Lacked a lemon flavor unless you put the sugar glaze which makes it soggy”

  • “I Love this cake. It is soooo easy to make. The first time I made it, I obviously did not read the directions right, because I thought the milk went on with the topping, not in the cake. So after it baked with no milk, I just doubled the lemon juice, sugar on poked several holes for the topping to soak in good. It was great!!!. Next time I made it correctly, with milk. This version was delicious as well. I think I might lean to the one without the meal though. Thanks for the recipe.”

  • “I’m sorry to say that my cake didn’t rise properly but the flavor was amazing. I think it must have been cook error so I’m not giving any stars until I can try it again.”

  • “Excellent and easy to make!I followed a lot of the reviews and doubled the lemon in the batter.That along with the glaze, we found it to be the perfect amount of lemon flavoring!Went excellent with sliced strawberries.Great recipe!”

  • “Awesome. Took other reviewers’ advice and added 2 tbsp of lemon juice and zest of 2 lemons. I love lemon. I have a small oven (9 liters), and it took only 30 minutes for the cake to be done to golden brown. Will try glazing next time. Thank you for sharing. Will be making it next when by BF comes for a visit. Thank you once again.Update: Tastes even more good the next day. The best ever.”

  • “This was so easy to make and so delicious! I kept the lemon drizzle seperate and also made a mix of fresh strawberries with a tiny bit of sugar. When we were ready for dessert, we topped our cake with strawberries and then the drizzle. So yummy so yummy! :)”

  • “This cake was awesome!Not too sweet, and perfect with strawberries on top!I also added about a tsp of lemon extract to bring out more of the lemon flavor.So easy!”

  • “I made this for my sons second birthday party because I needed something I could cut into shapes without it falling apart. I doubled the lemon and it turned out great! I used a buttercream icing and turned it into a cute construction cake. I got tons of complements and I posted a photo. Thanks!”

  • “This cake was very good, and there wasn’t any leftovers for another day!”

  • “WOW!!! this cake is great. i just make it in under 2 hrs…. my mom loved it for her birthday…… btw…. i added some mixed flavor essence and some snicker bar”

  • “This recipe so reminded me of something my Mom used to make when I was younger.I served it with fresh strawberries and Recipe #390290 for the topping.Lovley!!!”

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