Old-Fashioned Pound Cake Recipe #128606
This will always remind me of my Grandma, she LOVED pound cake. Especially topped with sweetened strawberries and Cool Whip!
by Wildflour
1¾ hours | 20 min prep
2 loaves
- 1 lb butter (2 cups)
- 1 lb sugar (2 1/4 cups)
- 9 eggs
- 4 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Cream butter and sugar until very light and creamy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
- Gradually add cake flour, blending thoroughly. (Use a medium speed for this.).
- Add lemon rind and juice.
- Bake in 2 greased and parchment paper-lined or waxed paper-lined 9x5" pans at 350º for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Frost or glaze, or leave plain.
- *If wanting to make a half a recipe, use 5 eggs.
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