Mama's Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze
Ingredients
- 3 sticks butter salted or unsalted
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs room temperature
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice optional
- zest of 1 lemon optional
Simple Lemon Glaze
- about 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2-3 lemons)
- about 2 cups confectioners sugar
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt or tube cake pan. Make sure ingredients are at room temperature.In a large bowl, using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, cream together 3 sticks of butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy ~3-5 minutes.
- Add eggs, one a time, scraping down the bowl after each egg is added. Add vanilla and mix well.
- Carefully add the cake flour and whipping cream to the batter in several batches, alternating between the two. Be sure and scrape down sides and bottom of the mixing bowl to ensure ingredients are well-mixed.
- Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice and lemon zest and mix together.
- Pour cake batter into well-greased bundt or tube pan and bake for about one hour. Remove cake from oven and test with a toothpick or butterknife - if it comes out clean then cake is done. Usually bakes between 1 hour and 1 hour 15 minutes. Will depend on your oven, so keep an eye on your cake. Start checking at about 50 minutes.
- Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes before flipping onto a cooling rack. Tip: place the cooling rack or plate on top of the cake pan before flipping. Then, pick up the cake and rack with both hands flipping it over. If the pan was well-greased, the cake should easily release from your pan. If not, take a butter knife and carefully scrape along the edges of the cake to help release.
- Make the lemon glaze. While the cake is cooling, whisk together about 1/3 cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice, about 2 cups of confectioners sugar, and lemon zest until you get a thick glaze. Slowly pour the glaze over the pound cake. It will harden as it sets. Enjoy!