Lemon-Vanilla Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
    1 cup milk
    1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut up
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    4 large eggs, at room temperature
    2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
    1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 grated lemon, zest of
    3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Preparation
    Generously brush a 10-inch Bundt pan with melted butter.
    Refrigerate pan until butter hardens, about 15 minutes.
    Brush pan with remaining melted butter to cover any uncoated spots; set pan aside.
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    In small saucepan, bring milk and cut-up butter to a boil; remove pan from heat and set aside.
    In a medium bowl, whisk flour and salt; set aside.
    In large bowl, with an electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment on medium-high speed, beat eggs until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
    On medium speed, gradually beat in 2 cups sugar until blended; beat in vanilla and lemon extracts.
    On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended.
    Pour in hot milk mixture, then add baking powder; beat until blended.
    With a rubber spatula, fold in lemon zest.
    Scrape batter evenly into prepared pan.
    Bake 50-55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
    Cool in pan 5 minutes.
    Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine lemon juice and remaining 1/4 cup sugar.
    Line a rimmed baking pan with foil.
    Invert cake over prepared pan.
    Brush top and sides of cake with lemon syrup.
    Cool completely.

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