Sheree's Homemade Cooking Made Easy

I love making homemade lemon pound cakes from scratch as they are so fresh tasting and delicious. This is a simple recipe that was passed down to me and it is so easy to make. You will need the following ingredients:

Lemon Pound CakePhoto bySheree

Recipe:

1/2 cup of vegetable shortening

8 tablespoons of butter, room temperature

2 cups of sugar

4 eggs

3 cups of self rising flour

1 cup of whole fat buttermilk

1 lemon, juiced and zested

1 teaspoon of lemon extract

Optional: Glaze recipe below

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium mixing bowl add the vegetable shortening, butter, and sugar and whisk this with a hand mixture until the mixture is light and creamy.

Crack and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well to combine.

Add the lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon flavoring, flour, and the buttermilk and mix this together until the cake batter is light and smooth.

Grease two loaf pans with extra butter, shortening or cooking spray.

Add half of the batter into each loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove the cakes from the oven and let them sit for 5 minutes. Place a plate on the top of the loaf pans and flip them over so that the cake will fall out. Tip: If the cakes are stuck run a sharp knife around the outside edges.

Glaze:

1 lemon, zested and juiced

1 cup of powdered sugar

Mix this together using a fork or a small whisk and drizzle this over the warm pound cakes.

Serve this cake room temperature or warm from the oven. Enjoy!

Note: You can make this in a 8 x 12 baking dish if you do not have two loaf pans just watch the cooking time. Also, you can freeze one of these to serve at a later time.

I like to serve this lemon pound cake as a dessert for my family on special occassions.