Ingredients
Pound Cake
- 2 ½ cups (300g) flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup span (227g) butter, unsalted
- 1 ¼ (250g) cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 3 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs lemon zest
- ½ cup (120ml) whole milk
Glaze
- 1 cup (120g) powdered sugar
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 2 tsp whole milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line 1, 9"x5" loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl beat the butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in sugar, about 2 minutes. Beat in lemon juice and zest. Add eggs one at a time. Scrape bowl as needed
- Mixing on low, add half flour mixture, half the milk, the rest of the flour mixture then the last of the milk. Mix until just combined.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until edges peel away from edges and inserted wooden toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes, then move to wire rack to cool completely.
- While cake is cooling, whisk together powdered sugar, lemon juice and milk until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake before serving.