Aunt Mary's Lemon Jello Pound Cake

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Ok, this recipe is a childhood favorite. Growing up, this was my favorite cake besides my granny's chocolate cake of course! Yesterday, I couldn't even wait for the cake to cool before I cut myself 2 slices...yes, 2! This pound cake has ruined the chances of me liking any other pound cake. I've tried many other pound cakes and none of them compare to this. What makes this recipe better, is it is an old family recipe passed down from my mom's Aunt Mary.


Nate went on a small hunting trip with 2 of his close friends. The crazies left at 2:00am!!! And men think us women are hard to figure out...I'll never understand the whole getting-up-ass-crack-early-to-go-sit-in-the-woods thing. One of his friends has had this pound cake before (I made it for dessert when we had him and his wife over for dinner one night. Nate of course, cooked the dinner). After the friend had his first bite of the pound cake he said my dessert beat Nate's dinner! I was shocked to say the least. So you know this pound cake has to be good, I freakin beat a chef's dinner! But, don't tell Nate I told you about that :)

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Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 1 box Duncan Hines Deluxe yellow cake mix
  • 1 small box lemon Jello
  • 2/3 cup oil
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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  • Glaze:
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • Juice and rind of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons of orange juice
  • (I also like to add about 1 tablespoon of orange zest)

Preparation

Step 1

Mix cake mix and dry Jello. With electric mixer, add oil and water.

Add eggs, one at a time. Add oil and water.Add lemon and vanilla.

Pour in greased and floured bundt pan or tube pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

Mix all the glaze ingredients in a small bowl and dribble over cake while still hot. You can poke holes in the cake so the glaze will penetrate the cake with lemon flavor.
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*Yesterday, I just happened to have some blueberries. So I dumped those into the batter as well. They sank to the bottom/top, but it still tasted yummy!

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