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Buttery, moist and truly a Land O’Lakes ‘golden’ recipe!

Golden Lemon Pound Cake

Ingredients

  • CAKE
    2 cups sugar
    1 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened*
    4 eggs
    3 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3/4 cup buttermilk**
    1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    GLAZE
    1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
    2 teaspoons lemon juice
    1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

    1 Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed.

    2 Reduce speed to low. Beat, gradually adding flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt alternately with buttermilk and scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Add lemon peel and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Continue beating until well mixed.

    3 Spread batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt ® pan or 10-inch angelfood cake (tube) pan. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.

    4 Stir together powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons lemon juice and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Drizzle over cooled cake.