Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake

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Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake

Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake is a delicious homemade from scratch dessert.  Enjoy plain or drizzled with a tangy lemon glaze. 

 

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EDITOR’S NOTE (April18 2022):    Added one new photo.  Updated recipe has two versions.  One pound cake has baking soda (dense texture.  The other has baking powder (soft/tender crumb).   Also included is a Lemon Glaze recipe.

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Delighted to share what I purchased and used to make this delicious recipe.

All comments are my own. 

 

TWO POUND CAKE RECIPES

There are two versions of this printable recipe.  The pound cake pictured above has baking soda in it.  

The other cake with a soft/tender crumb is pictured below.   It contains baking powder.

Both cakes are easy to make with simple ingredients.

Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake
Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake (Baking Powder)

 

BEFORE USING BAKING POWDER & BAKING SODA, TEST FOR EFFECTIVENESS
If they’ve been sitting in the pantry for weeks or months, test before using to make sure they’re effective.  Click here for simple instructions.
 
 
CORRECTLY MEASURE ALL-PURPOSE FLOU

Never dip or scoop flour from the bag (or container).  It’s too much flour that will cause the cake to be thick and dry with a bad taste.  

The correct way to measure flour is to sift, spoon and level.  Here’s how you do it:

 

Sift 4 cups of flour into a medium bowl.

Flour Sifted

Spoon sifted flour into measuring cup until piled high.  Level with knife’s smooth side.

Flour Measuring Tip

Repeat until you have amount called for in the recipe. 

 

Pour remaining flour back into container.

 

ADD EGGS ONE AT A TIME

Beat in eggs (room temperature) one at a time with an electric hand mixer. 

Avoid mixing too long because it will make the pound cake dry.  

 
 
TEST FOR DONENESS WITH A LONG KNIFE OR LONG BAMBOO SKEWER
 
Use a long knife or a long wooden bamboo skewer to test pound cake for doneness because a toothpick is too short. 
 
After removing pound cake from oven, gently insert a long knife or long skewer in center.  Press all the way to the bottom. 
 
Gently remove.  If knife or bamboo skewer comes out clean, the pound cake is done.
 
 
 
USE A 12-CUP BUNDT PAN OR TUBE PAN 
 
I used my brand new 12-cup Angel Food and Pound Cake Pan to bake both versions of this Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake.
 

 

Nordic Ware
The cake batter did not fill up my 12-cup Angel Food/Pound Cake Pan.  Leaves plenty of room for the cake to rise without overflowing into the oven.
 
Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake
Although I used baking spray with flour to grease this “Angel Food/Pound Cake” pan, it “melted” by the time I added the batter. Cake turned out great. 

 

HOW TO GREASE CAKE PAN:  2 WAYS

1. Spray the tube and all up the sides with no-stick baking spray (with flour). 

Bakers Joy

2. Cover a paper towel with vegetable oil.  Use it to grease the tube, bottom and sides of pan. 

Vegetable Oil Spray
Vegetable oil comes in a in bottle and a can. Available on baking aisle in most grocery stores.

 

Sprinkle flour all over the bottom, tube and sides of pan. 

Shake off excess.   

 

SLICE & SERVE WARM OR COLD

 

Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake (Baking Soda)

 

DRIZZLE WITH LEMON GLAZE (RECIPE BELOW)

ENJOY!

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