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Old Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cake, easy, lemon, pound

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1.5 lemons juiced
  • lemon zest

For the glaze

  • 1.5 lemons juiced
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

For the icing

  • 1½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp whole milk
  • ½ tsp vanilla

Instructions

Prep

  • Zest and juice the 3 lemons.
  • Preheat oven to 350°

To make the cake

  • In a medium sized bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder.
  • In a large bowl or mixer, cream the butter and oil together. Add the sugar a little at a time. Mix until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition
  • Starting with the dry ingredients, alternate adding dry ingredients and milk while mixing slowly.
  • Add half of the lemon juice, lemon zest (save some for garnish), and vanilla.
  • Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 1-1½ hours or until a toothpick comes out clean. While cake is baking, make the glaze.

To make the glaze

  • In a small bowl, mix together lemon juice and powdered sugar until it makes a thin glaze. If it is too thick add water a teaspoon at a time.
  • Once the cake is done, let cool on a wire rack for 10 min then use a toothpick to poke holes in the top of the cake.
  • Pour the glaze evenly over the cake then let it cool completely.

To make the icing

  • Mix the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla together in a bowl. If the icing is too thick add milk, if it is too thin add powdered sugar. It should be the consistency of honey.
  • Pour the icing over the cooled cake and garnish with remaining lemon zest.
  • Enjoy!