Lemon Pound Cake The Ultimate Sweet Tooth Fix

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If you are looking for an amazing holiday dessert, this homemade lemon pound cake has the perfect balance of tart and sweet! Great in summer too!

Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake

If you are looking for an amazing holiday dessert, this homemade lemon pound cake has the perfect balance of tart and sweet! Great in summer too!

I have had such a wicked sweet tooth since I was a little girl. I am going to go ahead and blame it all on my dad! He worked super hard and his one and only vice was to have a piece of lemon pound cake and a cold soda out of the bottle at the end of the day. That is how we drank our soda back in the good old days! My sister and I would share a piece of whatever delicious cake my mom had made and wash it down with a glass of cold milk.

Homemade lemon pound cake

I have also passed this love of all things sugary down to my kid. In order to be healthier, we do not have dessert all the time. I usually save it for the weekend when we are more likely to burn it off! One of our favorites would be my homemade lemon pound cake! This dessert is super easy to make and I almost always have the ingredients in the pantry and fridge. I drink a lot of lemon water, so I even have fresh lemons on hand as well.

This rich and creamy sour cream lemon pound cake is the perfect balance between tart and sweet. The flavors of this cake really gets your taste buds zinging! Truly the best lemon pound cake! I enjoy making and eating pound cake because it is yummy all on it’s own as well as with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

Lemon sour cream pound cake

When I make this lemon pound cake, I actually make two loaves; one to eat and one to freeze. This makes a great dessert to take to a school function, to the new neighbor or the new mom down the block. Because it is so easy to make and so yummy, I will include the recipe on a card so you can print it out too. This way, whoever I have given this sour cream lemon pound cake to, can make it for themselves when they have a hankering for it!

I know as soon as you saw the pictures, you were going to want to make this lemon pound cake for yourself! Yes, it really does taste as good as it looks! So gather up all the supplies and get to baking! It is a comfort to know there are other people out there who have a sweet tooth as big as mine!

Lemon Pound Cake

Sour cream lemon pound cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • half a teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs, room temp
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 cup sour cream, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • zest of one lemon

For the glaze:

  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon water

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Grease and flour a 9 × 5 loaf pan.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sugar, butter, sour ream, vanilla extract, lemon extract and lemon juice with a mixer until blended.
  • Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients then blend until smooth. Add oil and lemon zest and mix well.
  • Pour into loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and cool on rack.
  • Make the glaze: In a medium bowl, combine lemon juice and icing sugar. Beat in the melted butter and 1 tablespoon water.
  • Pour glaze over cooled loaf.

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Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake

Author: Petro Neagu

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs room temp
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 cup sour cream room temperature
  • zest of one lemon

For the glaze:

  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Grease and flour a 9 × 5 loaf pan.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sugar, butter, sour ream, vanilla extract, lemon extract and lemon juice with a mixer until blended.
  • Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and blend until smooth. Add oil and lemon zest and mix well.
  • Pour into loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and cool on rack.
  • Make the glaze: In a medium bowl, combine lemon juice and icing sugar. Beat in the melted butter and 1 tablespoon water. 
  • Pour glaze over cooled loaf.
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11 Comments

    1. Hi Kay. That would be vegetable oil (i.e. sunflower oil). Thanks for your interest in this recipe.

  1. Ann Tamer says:

    Thank you for a delicious-sounding recipe. Do I really NEED the lemon extract. (I’ve never used it before and would only be buying it for this.) Is the glaze just powdered sugar and milk? Thank you.

    1. Kelly Hutchinson says:

      Hi Ann, Thanks for the great questions! The extract can be left out. It gives it a more “lemony” flavor, but it works fine without. Can’t believe I left out the glaze directions! The glaze is: 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons lemon juice and 1 to 2 tablespoons milk.

      1. Ann Tamer says:

        Great! Thank for the helpful reply. Gonna try it soon.

    2. I made this loaf yesterday! If what I licked off the beaters was any indication of how good this loaf is going to taste today – I will be making more. I also did not have lemon extract so did a search and figured I could use extra lemon rind. So grated the rind of an extra lemon and added that instead of the extract! I can hardly wait to cut into this loaf today and taste it’s goodness! I love anything and everything lemon! I love eating lemons like one would normally eat oranges! I will be making more of these, to freeze, to share at work and to readily have on hand for when ever the occasion might call for something delicious!

      Jane – a wonderful day off for Victoria Day here in Canada! The perfect day for sitting on the back deck eating Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake with an afternoon cup of tea!

      1. Thanks so much for your wonderful feedback, Jane. And OMG! I’m drooling just from reading your comment! I love lemons too and this pound cake truly is amazing, like a little piece of heaven for the lemon lovers. Enjoy yours!

  2. Sandra Watts says:

    That looks so delicious with that glaze over it especially.