lemon pound cake
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 5 eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups sifted cake-and-pastry flour
Preparation:
- in large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy
- beat in sugar until combined
- beat in eggs, 1 at a time and beating each for 1 minute
- beat in milk, lemon juice and salt
- stir in flour until no longer streaky
- scrape into parchment paper-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan, smoothing top
- bake in centre of 325°f oven for about 1 1/4 hours or until cake tester instered in centre comes out clean.
Prepared: 2008-04-01