If you're searching for a classic pound cake recipe with a delightful citrusy twist, look no further! This tasty recipe for pound cake with citrus glaze is sure to tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more. With its moist and fluffy texture, rich flavor, and zesty citrus glaze, this pound cake is perfect for any occasion. Whether you're baking for a special celebration or simply want to indulge in a sweet treat, this recipe is a must-try. So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a culinary journey to create the ultimate pound cake with citrus glaze.
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CITRUS-GLAZED POUND CAKE
This citrusy loaf gets a thorough coating of an intoxicating glaze that helps keep this pound cake moist.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter and flour a 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 7 minutes. Scrape down bowl and beat 1 minute more. Add vanilla, lemon zest and juice, orange zest and juice, then gradually add eggs, beating well and scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, add salt, then gradually add flour, beating well to combine and scraping down bowl as needed.
- Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 65 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack.
- Make a glaze by whisking together confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and orange juice until smooth. Pour citrus glaze over cooled cake. Slice cake and serve.
- To store, wrap unglazed cake in plastic and keep at room temperature, up to 3 days, or wrap it in plastic and freeze for up to 3 weeks. (Thaw, wrapped, at room temperature.)
Nutrition Facts : Calories 491 g, Fat 26 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 7 g
POUND CAKE WITH CITRUS GLAZE RECIPE BY TASTY
Meiko Temple shows us how to make a classic pound cake - no matter what time of year it is. The batter incorporates sour cream to make it super dense and moist. It's flavored with citrus and vanilla to really make it shine. You can make cake one or two days in advance.
Provided by Matt Ciampa
Categories Desserts
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Arrange a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
- Make the cake: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with an electric hand beater), cream the butter and sugar on low speed until smooth, 3-4 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating to incorporate between each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again, then add the sour cream, vanilla, and orange extract and beat to incorporate.
- Sift the self-rising flour and salt into a large bowl.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, 1 cup at a time, and mix on low speed to incorporate, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Grease a 14½-cup Bundt pan evenly with nonstick spray. Evenly sprinkle the all-purpose flour into the pan and rotate until evenly coated, then tap out the excess.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Shake and drop the pan onto the counter a couple times to release any air bubbles. Transfer to the oven and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert the cake from the pan and let cool for at least 30 minutes more.
- Make the glaze: In a large bowl, combine the powdered sugar, milk, melted butter, vanilla, lemon zest, lime zest, and orange zest and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the glaze over the cooled cake, then slice and serve.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 731 calories, Carbohydrate 138 grams, Fat 15 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 12 grams, Sugar 92 grams
GLAZED LEMON POUND CAKE LOAF RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: butter, white sugar, large eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, all purpose flour, table salt, baking soda, baking powder, sour cream, icing, lemon juice
Provided by Addison Anderson
Categories Desserts
Yield 1 serving
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 °F. Spray an 8×4-inch loaf pan with baking spray and line with a piece of parchment paper that covers the bottom and long sides, with an inch or so extending past the top of the pan (these will be the "handles" to lift the loaf out of the pan).
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter with the sugar until light-colored and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat in well after each addition, scraping down the sides of the bowl, as needed. Beat in the lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together well the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with the sour cream, starting with ⅓ of the flour, ½ of the sour cream, ⅓ of the flour, the last of the sour cream, then finally the last of the flour.
- Scrape into the prepared 8×4-inch loaf pan and level batter. Bake in a preheated oven for 55-60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then run a knife along the short ends and use the parchment paper edges to lift and remove from pan. Allow to cool on a cooling rack.
- While the loaf is still a little warm, prepare the glaze, adding enough lemon juice to make a pourable glaze. Place a baking tray under the cooling rack to catch any drips and spoon glaze slowly over top of loaf, allowing it to drip down the sides a bit. Cool completely, then slice and serve.
AUNT RUTH'S SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE
This pound cake with lemon glaze came from my great aunt's collection. Her secret was doubling the amount of sour cream. I have used this cake as a basis for creating other pound cakes.
Provided by Nancy Zimmerman
Categories Lemon Desserts
Time 2h45m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®); sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
- Cream 3 cups sugar and butter together in a large bowl until fluffy; add vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift flour and baking soda together in a medium bowl; add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream. Spoon into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan to a wire rack; cool completely, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Combine confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract, and food coloring in a small bowl. Drizzle glaze over the cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 626.7 calories, Carbohydrate 92.4 g, Cholesterol 150.3 mg, Fat 26.1 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 7.7 g, SaturatedFat 15.5 g, Sodium 84.3 mg, Sugar 66.5 g
TANGERINE CAKE WITH CITRUS GLAZE
Tangerine juice adds zest to the batter and glaze of this festive Bundt cake. Thin skins make tangerines a breeze to squeeze by hand. For smooth, pulp-free juice (great in this glaze), strain juice through a fine-mesh sieve before using.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes Bundt Cake Recipes
Time 1h25m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make cake: Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt cake pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in tangerine zest and juice and liqueur. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions yogurt, and beat to combine; beat in vanilla. Transfer batter to pan, smooth top, and firmly tap pan on a flat surface to remove air bubbles.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 30 minutes. Invert cake onto rack set in a rimmed baking sheet and let cool completely. (With a serrated knife, trim cake to sit flat, if necessary.)
- Make glaze: Whisk together confectioners' sugar and tangerine juice until smooth. Spoon glaze evenly over cake and let set 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494 g, Fat 18 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 11 g
SUNNY CITRUS POUND CAKE
This is a delicious way to use up leftover plain yogurt and is nice for people who don't like an overly sweet cake. It can be served as is or with a lemon glaze.
Provided by Irmgard
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cake: Combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a large mixer bowl on medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating lightly after each until smooth, then beat on high speed until thick and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Add the zests.
- Add the dry ingredients alternately with the yogurt and orange juice, beating on low speed until blended.
- Spread the batter in a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 65 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack.
- Glaze: Heat together the sugar and juice, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Poke holes in the cake with a toothpick, skewer or fork.
- Brush the glaze over the cake, letting it soak inches Cool the cake completely before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 341.2, Fat 13.4, SaturatedFat 8, Cholesterol 84.9, Sodium 184.6, Carbohydrate 51.8, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 33.5, Protein 4.6
CITRUS POUND CAKE
Moist and tender, this gorgeous classic has a refreshing taste of sunshine. -Lisa M Varner, El Paso, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla, lemon zest and orange zest. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with yogurt. Beat just until combined., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and enough lemon juice to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over cake. Sprinkle with candied lemon and orange peel.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508 calories, Fat 18g fat (11g saturated fat), Cholesterol 147mg cholesterol, Sodium 352mg sodium, Carbohydrate 80g carbohydrate (56g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
Tips:
- Use unsalted butter for baking to control the amount of salt in the recipe.
- Always preheat your oven before baking to ensure even cooking.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy to incorporate air and create a smooth batter.
- Gradually add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition to prevent curdling.
- Sift the flour before measuring to aerate it and ensure accurate measurement.
- Do not overmix the batter, as this can result in a tough and dense cake.
- Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before glazing or frosting to prevent the glaze or frosting from melting.
- For a citrusy glaze, use fresh citrus juice and zest to create a bright and flavorful glaze.
- If you do not have a citrus zester, you can use a fine grater to remove the zest from the citrus fruit.
- Serve the cake warm or at room temperature for the best flavor and texture.
Conclusion:
Pound cake with citrus glaze is a classic dessert that is both delicious and easy to make. With its moist and dense texture, tangy citrus glaze, and simple ingredients, it is a perfect treat for any occasion. Whether you are a seasoned baker or a beginner, this recipe is sure to impress. So preheat your oven, gather your ingredients, and let's get baking!
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