Recipe Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This recipe lemon cream cheese pound cake is a delicious and refreshingly light dessert. The lemon flavour in this cake is just overpowering. It is perfect for a warm spring day or summer picnic.

This easy-to-make pound cake can be made ahead of time and packaged with pretty bows for an impressive dessert at an upcoming party.

This is a recipe you can use to learn how to make a pound cake from scratch. This recipe is powerful and highly flavoured because of the lemon.

How To Prepare Recipe Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake?

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes

Cooking Time: 50 Minutes

Serving Size: 8

Equipment:

• Spatula,
• Measuring Cups and Spoons,
• Mixing Bowl

Ingredients For Recipe Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

• 1 cup Butter at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup Sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups Flour
• 2/3 cup Lemon Juice
• 14 oz Cream Cheese (softened)
• Vegetable Oil for greasing the pan
• Zest of 1 Lemon

Topping:

• 2/3 cup Sugar
• 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice (fresh squeezed)
• 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons Butter

How To Make Recipe Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake?

Step 1: In a mixing bowl, beat butter, vanilla extract and sugar at medium speed until fluffy.

Step 2: Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 3: Beat flour and lemon juice alternating until fully incorporated.

Step 4: Fold in cream cheese and lemon zest.

Step 5: Pour batter into greased pan.

Step 6: In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients except for butter and stir with a fork to form a crumbly texture.

Step 7: Spread topping over batter evenly.

Step 8: Bake at 350F for 45 – 50 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean from the centre.

Step 9: Allow cooling completely before removing the pan bottom carefully and cooling the cake in the pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely.

Step 10: Cut into thin slices and serve.

Nutrition Facts Of Recipe Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

• Calories: 477
• Fat: 24.5g
• Carbohydrates: 60.8g
• Protein: 11.6g
• Fibre: 0.8g
• Cholesterol: 132mg
• Sodium: 225mg

Why Is It Called Lemon Pound Cake?

Often, pound cake is called loaf cake and is made with refined sugar as its main ingredient. The name pound cake came about when making pound cakes with the weight of a given ingredient.

Pound cake is also considered yeast bread because it’s made in an industrial-sized mixer or bread machine.

In the past, pound cake was reserved for special occasions, such as weddings and birthdays.

How Do You Know When Pound Cake Is Made?

The pound cake should be golden brown. When you shake the pan, it should move and feel light. The toothpick test insert a toothpick into the centre of the cake, and if it comes out clean, it’s done.

How Do You Keep A Pound Cake Moist?

To keep your pound cake moist, the best thing is to cover the top with plastic wrap for about thirty minutes before putting it in the oven.

If you don’t have time, put a damp cloth over the pound cake and place it in the oven. Another way to keep your pound cake moist is to apply melted butter on top of it.

Conclusion

We hope you enjoy this recipe lemon cream cheese pound cake. The next time you’re bored with chocolate cakes and want something to change up, try this delicious lemon pound cake.

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