GLAZED LEMON BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE
It’s delicious on its own, & also makes for a pretty dessert with whipped cream & berries.
This wonderful cake is lime ‘n’ lemony to the core & just the entry I’d like to send to Coffee at Spice Cafe, who is hosting this months’ JFI-Lime/lemon. She’s been away for long & has been missed a lot by her fellow bloggers who are thrilled to have her back(I appeared much later). Welcome back Coffee…
Ingredients:
Flour – 1 1/2 cups
Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
Baking soda – 1/4 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Butter – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1 cup
Eggs – 2 large
Buttermilk- 100ml (see substitute recipe below)
Vanilla ess – 1 tsp
Lime juice of 2 limes (or 1 lemon)
Lime zest of 1-2 limes (or 1 lemon)
Lemon essense – 2 tsp
To make buttermilk substitute at home:
Take 100ml milk at room temp; add 1 tsp white vinegar. Let it stand 5-10 mins.When it curdles & looks thickened, it’s ready.
Method:
- Grease & flour the sides of a 8″ ring tin, or a 6″ round tin. Line the bottom.
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C.
- Cream the butter & sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time into the creamed mixture.
- Beat in essence + juice + zest.
- With beater on low add the flour and buttermilk alternately in three gos.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes till golden brown on top, & tester comes out clean.
- Meanwhile…Make the GLAZE…
- Stir in the juice of 2-3 limes into 1/2 a cup of powdered sugar. Add a little zest if you like.
- Take cake out of tin gently, & overturn gently & remove lining.
- Poke holes with a skewer & pour the glaze over the hot cake. Decorate with sprinkles immediately.
- Add lemon juice to sugar and stir till all lumps have dissolved. Add some more powdered sugar if it isn’t as thick as you like it.
- Pierce the hot cake with a wooden skewer/cake tester needle & pour the glaze evenly over it, letting some drip over the sides. Add sprinkles immediately so they stick to the cake
The picture my daughter took…so it’s gotta be here!
As you can well imagine, blogging is quite infectious & spreads through the family!
beautifulllll cake ,I just love it
Wow, that looks so lemony and moist
I love your quote by the way, hehe 
Lovely cake and above all lovely pictures..
Thank you do much for leaving such a nice comment on my blog. I had to come to see yours. I loved the yiddish proverb you started the Daring Bakers post with. And your bread looks really good! This lemon cake sounds divine too. I happen to love lemon pound cake. Simple but satisfying!
Wonderful, and the color is PERFECT!
Lemons and Buttermilk are two of my favorite ingredients for baking! I gotta LOVE this cake!
Love this recipe!!! Lemon cake is always welcome on my plate!
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i regularly check out ur blog..have tried out many of your cake recipes..all have turned out really well..was wondering if uve ever tried baking a cake in microwave mode?have heard cakes turn out lil hard in that..any comments??
Y o Y do u do this!! The snaps r killers, the description will hv a saliva flood in my home! Now u know what next to expect frm me!
Meher, beta bahut cute photo liya hai aapney, liked it 
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This looks delicious!!! And your photos with the daisies are so pretty.
hee~ i agree it is a wonderful feeling when the family shares a passion/interest together! ^^ made pound cakes like 4 times, but mine always turn out hard =X issit due to overbeating? *Sigh* Since this is your fav recipe! i’m putting this on my TO-DO list!
Amanda
I’ve been scrolling through your site and loving all the beautiful color and the time you take to organize everything. It’s really gorgeous, and this cake is sounding delicious! I have my eye on the Orange & olive oil cake in your sidebar…Mmmmm…Fabulous.
I am always hungry seeing anything made with limes, it is one of my favorite flavors, and this cake looks so good!
I can just imagine how the lemon flavour of the cake balances with the light sweet icing.
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This cake really does look good. It looks so much like Spring:D
Oh my what a lovely cake!
With buttermilk and citrus flavours the taste will be amazing….
Rosie x
Your creations are amazing! Art on a plate!
Hi Deeba, this cake has got on my absolute favorite cake list…wonderful zing of the lemon. We made it for Easter. Thks for sharing a lovely recipe. Angela
beautiful looking cake! and your daughter is a great photographer:)