Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake With Aunt Evelyns Lemon Glaze Food

LEMON BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and sugar a large bundt pan. Set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together. Set aside.
• In a separate medium mixing bowl, add buttermilk, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla. Whisk until combined. Set aside.
• In a separate large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Add ⅓ of the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Beat until combined. Add half of the buttermilk mixture, and beat until combined. Repeat until all ingredients are added.
• Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Bake for 65-75 minutes, until cooked through. (Check for doneness with a toothpick.)
• Allow cake to cool 10 minutes. Then turn out of pan onto a cooling rack.
• For the syrup: In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine water and sugar for glaze. Bring to a boil, and stir until sugar has all dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and vanilla.
• Brush syrup over outside of the cake. It's fine to do this step while the cake is still warm.
• In a medium mixing bowl, add powdered sugar, melted butter, and lemon juice. Whisk until smooth. Pour over cake.

LEMON BUTTERMILK POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• This moist, lemony cake is a perfect brunch or picnic cake.
• Set a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees. Butter a 10-inch bundt pan and flour the buttered surface, shaking out the excess. Combine butter, sugar, flour and baking powder in mixer with paddle. Beat on low speed 2 minutes. Combine remaining ingredients and add to mixer in 3 additions, beating 1 minute between each addition. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour, until cake is well risen and well colored and a knife inserted between the edge and tube emerges clean. Place cake on a rack in pan. For glaze, combine water and sugar and bring to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and vanilla. Unmold cake and brush glaze evenly all over outside of cake. Cool and wrap for storage. The berry compote, combine all ingredients, cover and refrigerate several hours. Serve slices of the cake with the compote.