Lemon Pound Cake
- 1 1/2 cup cake flour, plus 2 tablespoons
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup, salted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla
- 2 tsp lemon zest, equals about two large lemons
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl on medium high for 4 minutes.
- You want to incorporate as much air into this.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Mix in ricotta,lemon juice, vanilla and zest, scraping sides after each addition.
- Add in your dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
- Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake in preheated 350F oven for 45- 55 minutes.
- Loaf is done when toothpick is inserted into center and comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning cake out.
- Recipe by taylor68too.
- For glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
- Stir until liquid is mixed well into sugar.
- Drizzle over cake.
cake flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, ricotta cheese, eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, lemon juice
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/366711-lemon-pound-cake (may not work)