Ponderosa Lemon Pound Cake

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

4 eggs

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk

2 TBSP lemon juice

1 TBSP lemon extract

1 TBSP lemon zest

To make the Lemon Glaze:

2 cups powdered sugar

2 TBSP softened butter

2 TBSP lemon juice

2 tsp lemon zest + more for garnish on top (about 1 TBSP total)

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Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a large bundt cake pan 12″.

2. Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. About 4 minutes.

3. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.

4. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon juice and zest into batter. Batter should be very smooth and have a silky texture- almost as if it was whipped. Pour batter into prepared cake pan.

5. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake for 70-75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.

6. To make glaze, beat powdered sugar, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons butter and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Once cake has fully cooled, pour the glaze over the cake, letting some drizzle down the sides and into the center. Top with additional lemon zest, if desired.

Note: – If you cannot find buttermilk where you live. Combine one cup of milk with one tablesponn of white wine vinegar or lime juice.