Best 8 Glazed Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake Recipes

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Lemon buttermilk pound cake can be a delightful addition to any baker's repertoire. Bursting with the vibrant flavors of tangy lemon and rich buttermilk, this classic dessert showcases the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity. Its tender and moist texture, complemented by a delectable glaze, makes it an ideal treat for various occasions, from casual gatherings to special celebrations. With its easy-to-follow steps and readily available ingredients, this recipe will guide you through the process of creating this delectable treat, ensuring a delightful culinary experience that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you yearning for more.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

LEMON BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE



Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake image

Moist and tender lemon pound cake with a lemon buttermilk glaze. This is the perfect easy cake to throw together for a last-minute gathering, brunch, or spring dessert. Works great in bundt cake pans too!

Provided by Elizabeth Marek

Categories     Dessert

Number Of Ingredients 15

4 ounces unsalted butter (softened but not melted)
8 ounces sugar
4 large eggs (room temperature)
8 ounces cake flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 ounces buttermilk (room temperature)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 Tablespoons lemon zest
6 ounces powdered sugar (sifted)
2 ounces lemon juice (fresh-squeezed)
2 Tablespoons buttermilk powder
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter (very soft but not melted)
1/8 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Weigh out your ingredients using a scale instead of using measuring cups for a more accurate recipe and bring your butter, eggs and buttermilk to room temperature. This is important, they should all be on the warm side to create a good texture.
  • Heat oven to 350ºF and prepare a 5"x9" metal loaf pan with cake goop or another preferred pan release.
  • Sift together your cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add the lemon extract and lemon zest to the buttermilk and set aside
  • Cream the butter and sugar together in the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light, white and fluffy. 2-3 minutes.
  • While mixing on low, add in your room temperature eggs, one at a time, letting each mix in fully before you add in the next.
  • Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the egg mixture while mixing on low, then add 1/2 of the buttermilk and mix until barely combined.
  • Add in 1/3 of the flour, 1/2 the buttermilk mixture, and the rest of your flour, then the rest of the buttermilk mixture and mix until just combined. Don't over-mix.
  • Pour your batter into a prepared 5"x9" loaf pan and bake at 350ºF for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out cleanly. If you use a glass pan, bake for an extra 10 minutes.
  • Allow the pound cake to cool in the pan until barely warm and then remove it from the pan to cool completely on a cooling rack before making the lemon glaze.
  • Combine powdered sugar, salt, and buttermilk powder and lemon juice in a bowl.
  • Mix with a hand mixer or whisk until smooth
  • Mix in the soft butter until smooth and creamy
  • Place the pound cake on a cooling rack and then onto another pan to catch the glaze runoff.
  • Pour your glaze over the top of your cooled lemon pound cake and garnish with fresh lemon slices if you desire.
  • Transfer your finished pound cake to a serving platter and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice, Calories 464 kcal, Carbohydrate 73 g, Protein 8 g, Fat 16 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 130 mg, Sodium 245 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 51 g

GLAZED LEMON POUND CAKE



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Get the most lemon flavor into this pound cake by grating the lemon zest first, then squeezing out the juice. Lemon zest, juice, and glaze give you triple the lemon for a crowd-pleasing pound cake.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes

Time 3h

Yield Makes 2 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan
3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
Zest of 2 lemons, finely grated
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups sugar
5 large eggs
Lemon Glaze for Glazed Lemon Pound Cake

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with rack in lowest position. Butter and flour two 4 1/2-by-8-inch (6-cup) loaf pans.
  • In a small bowl (or liquid measuring cup), combine buttermilk with lemon zest and juice. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
  • With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • With mixer on low, add flour mixture in three parts alternately with the buttermilk mixture in two, beginning and ending with flour; beat just until smooth (do not overmix).
  • Divide batter evenly between pans; smooth tops. Bake until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes (tent with foil if browning too quickly). Cool 15 minutes in pan. Turn out cakes onto a rack; cool completely before glazing.
  • Set rack with cakes over a baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Pour glaze over cakes, letting it run down the sides; let dry, about 30 minutes.

LEMON-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE WITH AUNT EVELYN'S LEMON GLAZE



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My mother's blue-ribbon pound cake recipe. It always gets rave reviews.

Provided by Sarah Copeland Sawicki

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Lemon Dessert Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 ½ cups white sugar
1 ½ cups butter, softened
4 eggs
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon lemon zest

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  • Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.
  • Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon extract into batter. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  • Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.
  • Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons butter, and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 630.1 calories, Carbohydrate 91.9 g, Cholesterol 128.9 mg, Fat 27.2 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 6.8 g, SaturatedFat 16.5 g, Sodium 372.2 mg, Sugar 63.5 g

GLAZED LEMON POUND CAKE



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This Glazed Lemon Pound Cake doesn't rise very much, so don't be surprised if it's shorter than you might expect.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 8

5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
3/4 cup, plus 3 tablespoons sugar, plus more for dusting
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, plus finely grated zest of 2 lemons, plus more for garnish (optional)
1/4 cup milk
2 large eggs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Dust with sugar, and tap out excess; set aside. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Stir together 1 tablespoon lemon juice and the milk.
  • Put butter and 3/4 cup sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in eggs and zest. Working in two batches, alternate mixing in flour mixture and milk mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, stir together remaining 3 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Upon removing cake from oven, immediately brush with lemon glaze. Let cake cool in pan 10 minutes. Unmold cake. Brush remaining glaze on top. Garnish with zest.

LEMON GLAZED POUND CAKE



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I found this recipe on another recipe site. I've changed a few things to suit our tastes. This cake tastes wonderful, but if you can let it set for a day, the lemon flavor really comes out!

Provided by Hazeleyes

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar (divided)
4 large eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup grated lemon zest
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup plus 3 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (divided)
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups of the sugar until light and fluffy. about 5 minutes.
  • Add the eggs one at a time.
  • Stir in the lemon zest.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
  • In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the lemon juice, buttermilk and vanilla.
  • Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the butter and sugar mixture.
  • Pour batter into prepared bundt pan.
  • Bake for 50 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
  • Combine 1/2 cup of the sugar with 1/2 cup of the lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
  • When cake is done, let cool for 10 minutes and remove from the pan.
  • Poke holes in the cake with a large fork, and pour the lemon syrup over the top. Let cool completely.
  • For the glaze, combine the powered sugar and remaining lemon juice, about 3 1/2 tablespoons. Pour over the top of the cooled cake and allow to drizzle down the sides.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 524.1, Fat 17.4, SaturatedFat 10.4, Cholesterol 103.3, Sodium 437.9, Carbohydrate 87.9, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 62.6, Protein 6.1

GLAZED LEMON BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE



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I got this one from a neighbor. Moist, tender and a flavorful poundcake. So good with ice cream. Please use real butter because it makes a great difference in the flavor.

Provided by YungB

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 1 bundt pan, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
4 large eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 325°F Butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.
  • Beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, until just blended after each addition.
  • With mixer at low speed, gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk and lemon juice.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 75-85 minutes, or just until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake.
  • Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
  • GLAZE; Beat the confectioners' sugar, milk, and lemon juice in a medium bowl until smooth.
  • Drizzle over the cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 703.9, Fat 26.3, SaturatedFat 15.6, Cholesterol 167.9, Sodium 471.5, Carbohydrate 110.1, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 73.6, Protein 9.1

LEMON BUTTERMILK POUNDCAKE



Lemon Buttermilk Poundcake image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 4h15m

Number Of Ingredients 18

1/2 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 large eggs
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon strained lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup strained lemon juice
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pint strawberries, rinsed, hulled and sliced
1/2 pint raspberries
1/2 pint blueberries
1/4 cup sugar

Steps:

  • This moist, lemony cake is a perfect brunch or picnic cake.
  • Set a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees. Butter a 10-inch bundt pan and flour the buttered surface, shaking out the excess. Combine butter, sugar, flour and baking powder in mixer with paddle. Beat on low speed 2 minutes. Combine remaining ingredients and add to mixer in 3 additions, beating 1 minute between each addition. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour, until cake is well risen and well colored and a knife inserted between the edge and tube emerges clean. Place cake on a rack in pan. For glaze, combine water and sugar and bring to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and vanilla. Unmold cake and brush glaze evenly all over outside of cake. Cool and wrap for storage. The berry compote, combine all ingredients, cover and refrigerate several hours. Serve slices of the cake with the compote.

LEMON BUTTERMILK POUNDCAKE



Lemon Buttermilk Poundcake image

This moist, lemony cake is a perfect brunch or picnic cake.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 14

16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 large eggs
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon strained lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Set a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees. Butter a 12-cup Bundt pan and flour the buttered surface, shaking out the excess.
  • Combine butter, sugar, flour and baking powder in mixer with paddle. Beat on low speed 2 minutes.
  • Combine remaining ingredients and add to mixer in three additions, beating 1 minute between each addition.
  • Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for about one hour, until cake is well risen and well colored and a knife inserted between the edge and tube emerges clean. Place cake on a rack in pan.
  • For glaze, combine water and sugar and bring to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and vanilla. Unmold cake and brush glaze evenly all over outside of cake. Cool and

Tips:

  • Zest the lemons finely: Use a Microplane zester or the smallest holes on a regular grater to get the finest zest possible. This will ensure that the lemon flavor is evenly distributed throughout the cake.
  • Use fresh buttermilk: Buttermilk adds a slight tang and richness to the cake. If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can make your own by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup of regular milk. Let it sit for 5 minutes before using.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy: This will help to incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter, more tender cake.
  • Add the eggs one at a time: This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
  • Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
  • Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean: This will ensure that the cake is cooked through.
  • Let the cake cool completely before glazing: This will help the glaze to set properly.

Conclusion:

Glazed Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake is a delicious and classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist, tender crumb, bright lemon flavor, and sweet glaze, this cake is sure to please everyone. Follow these tips to make the best Glazed Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake:
  • Use fresh lemon zest and buttermilk for the best flavor.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs one at a time and do not overmix the batter.
  • Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let the cake cool completely before glazing.
Enjoy!

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