Lemon Pound Cake

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Pound cake was one of my late grandmother’s favorite desserts. She loved all desserts, but pound cake was special I think because she also loved the English practice of High Tea and poundcake fits perfectly into that tradition. About a year before she died, she gave me all of her recipe cards and cookbooks. Anyone in the family will tell you that she was not the world’s greatest cook and she would tell you herself that she never enjoyed cooking. That’s why it might seem strange that her collection included probably 50 books and over 100 handwritten recipe cards, some in her writing, some in her mother’s writing. So maybe she didn’t like cooking and maybe she wasn’t even good at it, but she loved all the things that come with cooking: the family, the friends, eating, cocktails, boisterous party-goers, colorfully printed paper napkins and plates, candles, flowers, nut bowls, guest lists, menu planning, hosting, birthdays, Christmas, brandy, sherry. All of it.

It was no surprise to me that the largest section of her collection was desserts. And do you know there are at least 10 different poundcake recipes in that section? Lemon pound cake is what I’ve got for you here. Maybe I’ll eventually make all of them: chocolate pound cake, almond pound cake, Old Dominion pound cake, coconut pound cake, pumpkin pound cake, blueberry pound cake, lavender pound cake, praline pound cake, Peckens pound cake from the kitchen of Katherine Isbell, Mrs. Burket’s pound cake. I wish I’d thought to ask who Mrs. Burket was. Katherine Isbell was a friend or neighbor of my great-grandmother, I think. There are many recipes from her kitchen in the boxes.

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Lemon Pound Cake Recipe – Printable

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Lemon Poundcake

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  • Author: Hilah Johnson
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 60 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Yield: 24

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup soft butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • Glaze, optional:
  • 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Set oven to 325ºF and grease and flour 2-9″x5″ loaf pans.
  2. Cream sugar and butter together. Add eggs one at a time and combine well. Add vanilla.
  3. Whisk dry ingredients together and add half to the batter.
  4. Add half the milk and lemon juice.
  5. Add remaining dry ingredients and remaining milk/lemon. Mix until smooth.
  6. Pour into loaf pans.
  7. Bake 50-60 minutes.
  8. Cool.
  9. Make glaze by adding lemon juice to sugar and mixing until a thick, pourable consistency. Pour over cooled cakes.

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98 responses to “Lemon Pound Cake”

  1. The Other Randy Avatar
    The Other Randy

    Before I forget (like I did last time for the Apple Crisp episode): This season’s opening titles are fantastic!!!

    Since my new strategy for making room in my freezer is working out fairly well (it’s going to be Taco and Chili WEEK until next Sunday), I can make the whole recipe this time (if memory serves, pound cake freezes really well). I love pound cake. Actually, I love any cake that doesn’t depend solely upon frosting for it’s awesomeness.

    Are you familiar with mug cakes (a one serving recipe where you mix the ingredients in a mug and then microwave it)? I pretty much believe that microwaves are basically good only for reheating food, but I’ve come across a couple of mug cake recipes that were really good (given that you can make one in less than 5 minutes, it takes a lot of self-discipline to not have cake with every meal), but most others were mediocre. It’s great concept for single people, but we need more great recipes (hint, hint).

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Oh thank you, Randy! We had fun making the new titles and one thing I really like is that we will be able to freshen it up periodically with new food shots.

      You are correct that pound cake freezes most excellently! My grandma used to cube leftover poundcake and freeze it. When the time came for a fast dessert, she’d thaw it and layer with pudding and cream sherry and fruit and whipped cream to make a trifle.

      I have seen these mug cakes everywhere! We tried one a while back, actually a bowl cake that makes 4 servings, and it was okay, but not something I’d make again. That’s a great suggestion, though! One thing I did have success with was a pretty good one-serving microwave mac and cheese. Definitely going to make a video for that when I get it perfected. Any other ideas, bring em on!

      1. cpmt Avatar
        cpmt

        it looks like grandma’s!! i will try it (since I don’t have her recipe)

  2. Faridah Ayuby Berseh Avatar
    Faridah Ayuby Berseh

    Hi Hilah,can I do it in a round pan and laid with it lemon fostered cream Cheese in between the cake.As the cake itself has already lemon flavour.
    Please advice. ….and give your comments .

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Faridah!
      I have never made this cake in anything but a loaf pan, but I think you could bake it in two round pans instead. Maybe spread lemon curd between them and top with whipped cream — that would be pretty and tasty. Hope that helps!

      1. Faridah Ayuby Berseh Avatar
        Faridah Ayuby Berseh

        Thank very much for helping me.It’s agreat idea and I will most probably tried doing it ….as you suggested.

  3. Rob Avatar

    Hila,

    I was so excited about this recipe that I ran out and picked up lemons just to make this! It’s in the oven right now with about 10 minutes remaining on the timer.

    Please note you are missing the Vanilla extract in the Instructions part of the recipe.

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Thanks, Rob! I will fix that vanilla extract listing.
      So happy you enjoyed it! Pound cake is under appreciated these days and it’s up to you and I to bring it back! 😉

  4. Rob Avatar

    Update: this was a huge hit! Yum! I will be making this again.

  5. Faridah Ayuby Berseh Avatar
    Faridah Ayuby Berseh

    It ‘s great….ideal. Awesome…

  6. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    I was searching for “the best lemon pound cake recipe” that was moist and fluffy but still had a nice tight crumb to it and of course I wanted it to be super lemony. Your recipe hit the mark! It is the best lemon pound cake ever! Seriously, it’s going to be my go to recipe. Thank you for sharing and for the informative video. This pound cake is great even without the glaze. I’m off to try your tres leches cake!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Yay! I love this recipe too. Can’t go wrong with grandma recipes. Thanks so much for your endorsement of the pound cake, Vicky! 🙂

      1. phyllis malfi Avatar
        phyllis malfi

        What size loaf pans did you use?

        1. Hilah Avatar

          Hi Phyllis,
          I used 9″ long x 3″ deep loaf pans

  7. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    Pourable, not horrible! You are simply the best! Still making the pizza dough weekly. Love the new intro, graphics, music and transitions. Are you using Final Cut Pro X? Going to try the Lemon Pound Cake this weekend!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Thanks, Ron! We are happy with it, too.
      Yes we use FCX. Despite the complaints I’ve heard about it, it works great for our purposes. Hope you like the pound cake!

  8. Carrie Avatar
    Carrie

    Turned out Great! Thx!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Awesome! Thanks for the feedback, Carrie!

  9. azof Avatar
    azof

    heey sweetie i made this cake today and it was very delicious thank you darling and keep going

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Wonderful! So happy to hear that, Azof!

  10. Jen T Avatar
    Jen T

    Hilah,

    I stumbled across your youtube channel awhile back while searching for a tutorial on biscuits. Yours was easy, hilarious and delicious biscuits resulted! I love your short and funny format because I have a very short attention span! I’ve been a fan ever since and have learned tons about cooking from you. I made your chicken fried steak tonight and my family was hooked! Trying this recipe next, can’t wait to see how it turns out…thanks for helping ADD people like me learn to cook with your wonderful, highly entertaining videos!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Jen!
      Hooray! I am so glad to hear of your success! This all makes me very very happy to hear. Thank you for writing!!! 😀

  11. Bill Radetzky Avatar
    Bill Radetzky

    I made this yesterday. It was great! I love the lemon pound that my wife buys at a shop that will remain nameless. This is just as good or better. She wonT be buying that ever again. You are thebest! I love your vids and recipes!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hooray! That makes me so glad to hear, Bill! I hope you wife enjoys this one as much, too. 🙂

  12. Amber Avatar
    Amber

    Hi Hilah,

    This looks great. I was wondering if I didn’t have two loaf pans,could I use a bundt pan instead? I know if I bake it all together in one thing it will probably take more time to be done. Or would it just be a better idea for me to put it in the loaf and bake the other right after the first one cools? I only have one loaf pan at the moment. Thanks!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Amber,
      That should work. You’d probably need to bake an hour and fifteen minutes, but check it after an hour. Be sure to grease and flour the bundt pan very well!

  13. hudA Avatar
    hudA

    LOVED IT. i made it today and it was delicious
    thanks for sharing

  14. Atiqah Shafinaz Avatar
    Atiqah Shafinaz

    Hye hilah, i just wanna say that really in ♥ with all your vids, my pound cake came out from the oven perfectly, and the cake was a hit, it was super duper moist :’)

    1. Hilah Avatar

      That’s great to hear, Atiqah! Thanks for writing. 🙂

  15. Reksi Avatar
    Reksi

    Hi Hilah, thanks for posting this easy recipe! I am from Indonesia, where Lemon is very expensive…so I change the recipe with lime and it still turned out so well (I also use margarine instead of butter, also due to ‘budget constraint’). Also, this cake turned out well even when: 1. I packed it into 1 pan because that’s all I have, making this cake as huge as it can be 2. My oven is a bit mental, the temperature is always wrong (so I maxed it out hahaha)

    I burned the top of this cake until it became as brown as my skin tone and’cracked’ (like in banana cake, not my skin)….BUT! THAT BURNED OUT part is my favorite ones! It’s crunchy and taste caramel-ish with a little bit of sourness from the lime. Amazing! It feels like I’m eating candy flavored cake.

    I will keep making this cake in the future although I will reduce the sugar in half :))

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Reksi!

      Thanks so much for sharing your “adventures”! 😉 Lime sounds great. So glad you tried that variation. Also good to know that it will work with margarine. Can you get oranges easily? I think an orange cake would be yummy.

      Hope you try some more recipes, too! Thanks for writing!

      -h

  16. Katherine Herron Avatar
    Katherine Herron

    I think that is so cool to have all those old recipes, and to wonder who those people were and what their lives must have been like. What a treasure to have those, and thanks a mill for sharing!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      It is really a fun thing to do, to look through the recipes. Just wish I’d asked my grandma about more of them before she passed.
      Thanks for writing, Katherine!

  17. Cecelia Avatar
    Cecelia

    Can you make this with gluten free flour?

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Cecelia! As long as you are using a flour designed for baking, I think you could.

  18. Shari - Simply Shari's Gluten Free Avatar

    Mmm…a nice tender crumb with plenty of butter. I have to try this with gluten-free flour.

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Let us know how it works!

  19. Belen Avatar
    Belen

    Love it! I made it with my mom and it was delicious. I added way too much lemon juice to the glaze, but I think I like the flavor of it even more now. Thank you!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Belen!
      I’m delighted it worked out for you! Maybe you just can’t have too much lemon flavor. 🙂

  20. Shanna Koenigsdorf Ward Avatar

    Hi, Hillah! This is such a delicious poundcake and glaze. I baked the recipe in four mini loaf pans for about forty minutes. I reduced the sugar to 1 1/2 cups and replaced half of the butter with Greek yogurt. It’s a versatile and beautiful dish. Best, Shanna

    1. Hilah Avatar

      That’s marvelous, Shanna! Thank you so much for sharing your changes. It’s great to know this pound cake can be made a little healthier.

    2. Tere Del Rio Avatar
      Tere Del Rio

      Hi Hilah / Shanna,

      I am from México and I am a lover of lemon cakes. I made this fantastic recipe yesterday, and I also used 4 mini loaf pans. They burned a little =(
      Now, I know that I have to reduce the baking time, because of the size.
      Where in the oven you recommend me to put the pan? the top, the middle?
      Thank you for sharing and I will continue trying until my mini loafs are perfects.
      =)
      Tere

      1. Hilah Avatar

        Hi Tere!
        Thanks for chiming in! Place the pans in the middle rack next time and reduce the time to 30 minutes, I think. (I haven’t done it, but that seems about right). Glad they were good, even with burned edges. 🙂

  21. Lindsay Avatar
    Lindsay

    This looks increadible def brings back memories of my childhood. Im curious though you list flour as flour. Was this made AP – Cake- ?! Bleached/Un? Thanks so much!!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Lindsay!
      I hope you try it! I always mean AP flour unless otherwise specified. And I prefer unbleached, but the recipe would work with bleached AP flour, too.

      1. Lindsay Avatar
        Lindsay

        So lovely of you to reply so promptly! I wanted to assume it was an Unbleached AP…just stumbled upon your site today and its already becoming a fav! Hilariously entertaining yet informative ♡

  22. JC Avatar
    JC

    Great recipe……I always do my pound cakes in a bundt pan….it always looks great after drizzling the icing all over the top so that it slides down the inside and outside of the cake……thanks for the recipe!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      That looks so pretty, JC! You could definitely make this recipe in one big bundt pan.

  23. Gwen Avatar

    Can you use Lemon extract instead of Vanilla to get a more Lemon flavor? Can you use self rising flour?

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Gwen,
      You could use lemon extract but I really don’t think you need to. The zest and the juice give the pound cake a lot of lemon flavor. I have never used SR flour with this recipe so I really can’t say what it will do. If you try it, leave out the other leavening like baking soda and baking powder.

  24. Butool M Avatar
    Butool M

    Hi your recipe looks wonderful I was just wondering if you could leave out the lemon parts of the recipe just to make a simple , plain pound cake- my family’s not super into lemon. Let me know ASAP cause I want to make it tonight for a party.
    Thanks Hilah!
    Loved your video!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi! I think it would work if you used buttermilk instead of milk and lemon juice. Omit milk and juice and replace it with 1 cup buttermilk. The recipe needs some acidity to work. I am more confident just advising you to leave the lemon juice and milk and omit the zest, but if you really don’t like lemon you can try it with buttermilk.
      Let me know if you try it!

  25. Melissa C Avatar

    I just found your website tonight and I’m so mad I have not found it sooner but so glad I found it now. I’m making the lemon pound cake for my husband (lemon is his favorite) this weekend. I will also look thru recipes and try to find a few things to take to. family and friends houses this weekend. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos as I work better that way then just reading a recipe. Thanks again and can’t wait to try more stuff!
    Melissa C

    1. Hilah Avatar

      That’s great, Melissa! I love this recipe so much. I know you and your husband will enjoy it!

  26. Cheryl Avatar
    Cheryl

    Hi. Can u tell me how much is 1 cup of butter in grams. I am from Malaysia and we are used to grams. Thanks.

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Cheryl!
      One cup of butter is a half-pound, so equal to 226.8 grams but you’d probably round it to 225 grams?

  27. elsa Avatar
    elsa

    how much does 1 cup butter means in grams

  28. Selinsu Varol Avatar

    Hey Hilah , I just tried your recipe and absolutely loved it ! Here’s the photo of my lovely experient hahahah :

    http://instagram.com/p/vhEXpZFtbF/?modal=true

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

  29. Lesley Avatar
    Lesley

    Hey darl
    If I were to do them as cupcakes would
    I have to lower the cooking time.

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Lesley,
      You would just cook them less time, maybe 15-20 minutes until puffed and golden around the edges and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.

  30. hanaa Avatar
    hanaa

    hiaaaa …………….!!!! i tried this out and it was jus fantaaasticcc!! my folks gobbled it up in a matter of minutes…..! honestly, i’v never baked such a moist and light cake as this up until now… im ever so grateful to yu ..thank yu so much for this great recipe….

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hooray, Hanaa! Congratulations on your best cake ever! Happy to be a part of it 🙂

      1. hanaa Avatar
        hanaa

        I’d love to make a chocolate cake as moist and yummy as this one…. do u hv a recipe for it?? or should I tweak this recipe.. if so, how much cocoa powder wud yu recommend? ? plzz reply…. btw, yu r awesome!!

  31. Jennifer Johnson Avatar
    Jennifer Johnson

    What kind of flour did you use to make the cake and could you email me back asap thanks love the video.

    1. Hilah Avatar

      All-purpose flour

  32. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    My friend got me to try lemon pound cake once and it was good. So I am definitely going to try this recipe out!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      You’ll love this pound cake, Jessica!

  33. Hernán Avatar

    Hi Hilah!

    I had never baked a single thing before I saw your Youtube channel. I started with a few easy brownies batches (that took a while to be any good), and then I found you. My favorite cake ever is lime cake and your lemon pound cake seemed like a good and easy-to-follow reference. –>I did it<– Last night (March 22nd, 2015). Perhaps it sounds like a small thing but for me this is huge. Most think that burly and scruffy looking nerd herders can't. I baked a pound cake, and lemon nonetheless!!

    Thank you so much!! It's amazing, delicious, and more importantly, safe for baking dummies like myself 🙂 Can't wait to try this with Mexican limes (my origins) or even grapefruit.

    #ManBake

    –Hernán

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Ooh, that sounds so delicious, Hernán! I love the idea of mixing up different citrus juices, too. Yum.
      So happy you had success with this pound cake recipe! Have fun trying new variations with it!

  34. sharon Avatar
    sharon

    what kind of flour plain or self rising?

    1. Christopher Avatar

      Always plain unless otherwise specified

  35. madiha adeel Avatar
    madiha adeel

    I have tried this recepie yesterday and the cake was just PERFECT!!! I am so happy everyone liked it alot… its super soft n moist…. thanks alot for sharing 🙂

  36. Diarra Avatar
    Diarra

    Oh my God this is the BEST lemon cake I’ve ever had. I’ve been baking this for years and never had I found my go to recipe. Brought this to work this morning and I got many requests to bring one again.
    I surely will because 1) its so easy to make 2) its freaking delish.
    Thank you so much for sharing your passion with us. Its greatly appreciated across the pond (France) 😉

  37. Wai Yi Avatar
    Wai Yi

    I tried your recipe! IT rocks! But I think you should not put the icing cause it will be too sweet. I LOVE IT, thanks for sharing!

  38. Ann Avatar
    Ann

    Omg these are the best lemon pound cakes i have ever made! it was so good i made three loaves.Thank you for sharing!

  39. mine Avatar
    mine

    Hi. I tried your recipe and I can say that it was really really really awesome! Thanks for sharing your delicious recipe 🙂

  40. Felicia Avatar
    Felicia

    Hi ! 24 servings is a little too much for me. Will the outcome still be the same if i were to reduce all the ingredients by half to fit it to 12 servings instead?

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hi Felicia, that should work. You can also go ahead and bake two pound cakes and then freeze one of them for later. Pound cake freezes very well. Let it cool completely then wrap tightly in plastic wrap, then in foil.

  41. Rizah Avatar
    Rizah

    Hey I’m from Rwanda, Africa. I just finished making this cake using your recipes and mehn it’s finger liking good! Thank you so much!!

    1. Hilah Avatar

      So happy to hear, Rizah! 🙂

  42. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Baked this today n turned out really good in the two loaf pans. As the eggs used were small n I had just enough milk for the recipe, added a bit of water as the batter was a bit dry. Add store bought Italian Orange Peel and like that I hv some bits of peel to bite.
    Of course I will be baking this again.
    This is the fourth recipe of yours that I had tried. Will demurely try the rest of your yummy recipes.
    Xx

    1. Amanda Avatar
      Amanda

      Correction: Will definitely try the rest of your recipes. Hate auto spell

  43. Britt Avatar
    Britt

    This is honestly the best lemon loaf ever! My go-to recipe from now on.

  44. Mandy Avatar
    Mandy

    Hi! I can’t wait to try this recipe. Did you use glass or metal loaf pans???

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Hey Mandy! I use metal pans.

  45. Mine` Avatar
    Mine`

    This is now my go-to recipe for a simple and quick lemon dessert.

  46. Brenda Combs Avatar
    Brenda Combs

    We pride ourselves on being good cooks. My daughter is usually the baker and I am the cook but today we switched places. I read this recipe and looked at the picture and it read and looked like a good one. I tried it and it was to die for. Thank you for posting such a scrumptious recipe. We will be using this one again.

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Wonderful! Great to hear, Brenda 🙂

  47. Deborah Johnson Avatar
    Deborah Johnson

    I made this recipe but used a bunt pan.I also added extra lemon juice to the glaze so that leaves could poor it on the cake when it was done.Piercedi holes in it with a meat fork first.Very good

  48. Cheryl Avatar
    Cheryl

    Thanks for sharing. Lemon pound cake is my favoriite. In fact, I love anything lemon. ? I will try this one soon,

  49. Mary A. Daniels Avatar
    Mary A. Daniels

    Cake is great but I really love that accent makes it so much better and makes me trust your recipes

  50. Tee Avatar
    Tee

    Do u use plain flour r cake flour

    1. Hilah Avatar

      regular all-purpose flour

  51. Lani Avatar
    Lani

    Delicious!
    Would it be possible to add poppy seeds?
    If so, what quantity?

    1. Hilah Avatar

      Sure, you could add a couple tablespoons of poppy seeds

  52. Anna Maria Avatar

    Could the 1 cup of butter be replaced with 1 cup of avacado oil?

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