Description
A rich and moist lemon pound cake inspired by The Ritz Carlton.
Ingredients
Cake:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
5 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
6 tablespoons lemon juice
1 lemon, zested
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray or butter and flour a 15-cup Bundt pan.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating until well blended after each one.
Add dry ingredients in three additions to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Mix in lemon juice and zest.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 15 minutes. Turn cakes out onto racks and cool completely.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container.
- Can be served with a lemon glaze.
- Best enjoyed within a week.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
Keywords: The Ritz Carlton Lemon Pound Cake