Little Old Lady Lemon Pound Cake

By Susan52

Ingredients

• For the Glaze:
• 3 sticks butter, softened
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• zest of 1 lemon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk, half & half, or buttermilk

Details

Adapted from recipelion.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.

In an electric mixer, cream together butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Keep th mixer on low and add eggs one at a time. Add lemon juice and zest and combine well. Add flour, salt and vanilla. Mix until well-combined, but be careful not to over mix.

Pour into prepared bundt pan. Bake about 1 hour and 30 minutes, until golden brown and a knife inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Let cool for about 5 minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely.

To make the glaze, stir together powdered sugar and milk until you get the desired consistency. For a thicker glaze, use less milk.

Once cake is cooled, drizzle glaze over the top.