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A traditional, moist pound cake with a lemon twist.
old-fashioned
pound cake
Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans
with cooking spray.
Sift the fl our and salt together in a small mixing bowl.
Reserve.
Place the butter in the Cuisinart
™
mixing bowl. Insert the
fl at mixing paddle. Turn to speed 1. Cream butter for 30
seconds, then turn to speed 3 for 30 seconds. Scrape
both the paddle and mixing bowl well. Reduce to speed
2 and add the sugar. Increase to speed 4 until light and
fl uffy, about 1 minute. Scrape both the paddle and bowl
well. Add the eggs one at a time on speed 2, beating
after each egg is added until mixture is smooth, before
adding the next. Mix in the vanilla and the lemon zest.
Add the dry ingredients, slowly in 3 additions, with the
stand mixer running on speed 1. Be sure to fully
incorporate ingredients and be careful not to overwork
the batter.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake in preheated
325°F oven for about 60 to 70 minutes, until a cake
tester comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool.
Cool completely before cutting.
cooking
spray
3½ cups cake fl our
1 teaspoon
salt
2
cups unsalted butter,
at room temperature
2½ cups granulated sugar
8
large eggs, at room temperature
2
teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1
tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon lemon
zest (approximately 2 lemons)
Makes two loaves, each yielding sixteen ½-inch slices