Cherry Lemon Sundrop Pound Cake Food

SUN DROP® POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.
• Beat white sugar, 1 cup margarine, and shortening together with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth. Mix flour, 6 fluid ounces citrus-flavored soda, eggs, lemon extract, and vanilla extract into the creamed mixture until well incorporated. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cake cool for 10 minutes before turning cake onto a serving plate.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons melted margarine, and 1 fluid ounce citrus-flavored soda together in a bowl until smooth; spread over cake.

LEMON CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Pat cherries dry with paper towels; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with cherries. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For topping, in a bowl, beat cream cheese, lemon juice and peel until smooth. Beat in enough confectioners' sugar until mixture achieves desired consistency. Cut cake; top each piece with a dollop of topping.

LEMON PUDDING POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a Bundt pan.
• Whisk together the flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter, oil and granulated sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment at medium-high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until pale and fluffy, 4 to 6 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and add the eggs, one at a time, beating until the yellow disappears after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice just until combined.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk in 3 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat just until the ingredients are combined.
• Scrape the batter evenly into the prepared Bundt pan and bake until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean with only a couple of moist crumbs, 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the cake and invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the lemon drizzle: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and vanilla until thick. (If it's too runny, add a little more confectioners' sugar.) After the cake is cooled, pour the lemon drizzle over the top.

SUNDROP POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all together & bake at 325 for 1 hour & 15 minutes in bundt pan.

LEMON POUND CAKE WITH CHERRY STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Beat together butter and cream cheese until creamy.
• While still beating add eggs and sugar.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream.
• Stir in vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind.
• Pour into greased loaf pans.
• Streusel:.
• Mix streusel ingredients together until coarse and crumbly.
• Spoon a layer of cherry filling down the middle of each loaf (don't cover the entire top, just a strip down the middle).
• Sprinkle streusel over the entire top of each loaf.
• Bake at 325°F for 45 minutes (mini loafs) to 90 minutes (large loaves).
• Test frequently after one hour to allow for your oven and pans.
• Cool in pan before turning out.