Light Sour Cream Pound Cake With Lemon Lime Glaze Food

LIME POUND CAKE W/ FRESH LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Generously grease and flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a large bowl cream together shortening, butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs one at a time until batter is fluffy.
• In a small bowl, mix together buttermilk and lime yogurt.
• Alternate adding the buttermilk yogurt mix and the dry mixture into the wet batter.
• Mix in vanilla extract, lime juice, and lime zest until well combined.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes. (I check the center edges with a wooden skewer to make sure it is completely done)
• Let cake cool before gently removing from the pan.
• When cake has cooled completely drizzle with glaze.
• To make the glaze, mix together powdered sugar and enough lime juice to create a thick, yet pourable consistency (think Elmer's glue) Stir in lime zest.
• Serve cake garnished with lime slices, a sprinkling of lime zest, and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

SOURED CREAM BUNDT CAKE WITH BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Grease and lightly flour a 1.4 litre (6 cup) fluted bundt tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Put the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat well using an electric mixer until the mixture is very light and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition. Add a little flour if the mixture starts to separate. Add the vanilla extract.
• Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt and stir half into the butter mixture together with half the soured cream. Beat well together.
• Add the remaining flour and soured cream and mix well. Spoon into the prepared tin and spread level.
• Bake in the oven for 35-40 mins. When cooked remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins.
• To make the glaze put all the ingredients into a small pan and heat until the butter has melted. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat a little and simmer for 3 mins. Remove from the heat and allow to cool and thicken.
• Turn the cake out onto a wire rack over a tray. Pour or brush half of the glaze over the cake. Leave to soak in. Then pour the remaining glaze over the cake. Leave until completely cold before serving.

LEMON LOVER'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon juice, zest and extract. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Beat just until combined., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., For icing, in a small bowl, beat the sour cream and butter until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar. Beat in lemon juice and zest. Drizzle over the cake. If desired, top with additional grated lemon zest. Store in the refrigerator.

LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2 by 4 1/4 by 2 1/2-inch) loaf pans. You may also line the bottom with parchment paper, if desired.
• Cream the butter and 2 cups granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on medium speed, add the eggs, 1 at a time, and the lemon zest.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup lemon juice, the buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/2 cup lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves. When the cakes are done, allow to cool for 10 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pans and set them on a rack set over a tray or sheet pan; spoon the lemon syrup over them. Allow the cakes to cool completely.
• For the glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar and the lemon juice in a bowl, mixing with a wire whisk until smooth. Pour over the tops of the cakes and allow the glaze to drizzle down the sides.

SOUR CREAM - LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray, and dust with the breadcrumbs.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl; stir well.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add the sugar and lemon extract, beating until well blended.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add grated lemon rind and 2 tablespoons lemon juice and beat for 30 seconds.
• Add the flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with sour cream, beating at low speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 mins., or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan.
• Combine 2 tbsp lemon juice and powdered sugar.
• Drizzle glaze over top of cake.
• SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE VARIATION.
• Substitute vanilla extract for the lemon extract. Omit the juice and rind in the cake.
• Substitute milk for the juice in the glaze.

AUNT RUTH'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®); sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
• Cream 3 cups sugar and butter together in a large bowl until fluffy; add vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift flour and baking soda together in a medium bowl; add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream. Spoon into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan to a wire rack; cool completely, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Combine confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract, and food coloring in a small bowl. Drizzle glaze over the cooled cake.

SOUR CREAM LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• Add lemon juice and rind.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt together and add alternately with sour cream to the creamed mixture.
• Pour into greased and floured 10-inch angel food pan (16-cup size).
• Bake at 325 F for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until it tests done (toothpick inserted in center comes out clean).
• Cool 15 minutes before turning out on rack to cool.
• If desired, a lemon glaze can be poured over cake.
• Lemon Glaze:.
• Mix all ingredients together and beat until of spreading consistency.
• Variations: Orange juice and grated orange rind can be substituted for lemon; 1/4 cup poppy seed or 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts can be added.

SOUR CREAM AND LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease 16-cup tube pan. Dust pan with cake flour; tap out excess flour.
• Sift flour, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl at medium speed until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and beat 5 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined after each addition. Beat in lemon juice and peel. Using rubber spatula, mix in dry ingredients. Mix in sour cream. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Let cake cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Cut around cake in pan. Turn out cake.
• Carefully turn cake right side up on rack and cool completely. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Wrap in foil and let stand at room temperature.)