Old-Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake

Old-Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake

Total Time
32 min
11m prep · 21m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This is an old recipe that my grandmother always made. It goes great with coffee and is quick and easy to make. Light lemon flavor that can be accompanied with a lemon glaze if desired.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup shortening , such as Crisco®
  • 5 tablespoons whole milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 0.25 teaspoons baking powder

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

  2. 2

    Combine sugar, flour, eggs, shortening, whole milk, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and baking powder in a large bowl; pour into the prepared pans.

  3. 3

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

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