Meyer Lemon Almond Pound Cake

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My Meyer Lemon Almond Pound Cake is dense, moist, and lightly flavored with almond extract and fresh citrus. Perfect for a simple and seasonal dessert.

Pound cake is a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. Traditionally, pound cake is made in a loaf pan or a bundt cake, but I love to use a mini loaf pan for the perfect sharing size. The smaller pan also cuts the baking time in half and reduces the occurrence of overcooked edges. This recipe uses fresh lemon juice, zest, and almond extract for a delicious flavor twist.

For my Meyer Lemon Almond Pound Cake, I am using beautiful fresh Meyer Lemon from Melissa's Produce. I was gifted a gorgeous box of fresh fruit and look forward to showing it off this week for Spring Sweets Week!

The trick to making a moist pound cake is adding egg yolks it addition to a whole eggs. Pound Cakes have a tight dense crumb versus a light and fluffy crumb like a traditional layer cake. It is important not to overbake the cake because, while it can be dense and moist, it can easily turn dense and dry if overbaked. Pound cake is dense because of the eggs. The eggs need time to slowly cook so the cake does not over cook. Be patient with the baking process and testing for doneness.

Ingredients

• unsalted butter - If you use salted butter omit the added salt in the recipe
• granulated sugar
• large whole eggs
• large egg yolks - these are in addition to the whole eggs
• almond extract
• Meyer Lemon zest- regular lemons can be substituted
• salt -omit if using salted butter
• all-purpose flour - cake flour can be used at a 1:1 ratio
• powdered sugar
• water
• Meyer Lemon juice

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 6-cup mini loaf pan and set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the butter on medium-high speed till creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Next, add the sugar and mix on medium-high till light and fluffy.
3. As the butter and sugar mix, add eggs to a bowl with salt. lemon zest, and almond extract. Whisk with a fork to combine.
4. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl. Adjust mixer speed to medium-low, add the egg mixture slowly. Do not add all at once! The batter may appear a bit broken, but will become rich and velvety.
5. Once all the egg mixture has been added scrape down the sides of the bowl and allow the batter to continue to mix for 1 minute.
6. Adjust mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour ½ cup at a time. Once all the flour has been added, scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Allow the batter for mix for an additional minute.
7. Spread batter evenly between the 6 mini loaves. Use a spatula to smooth the tops. Bake for about 40 minutes. Use a toothpick to check for doneness by inserting it into the cake. There should still be a few crumbs on the toothpick. If it comes out clean it can be an indicator that the cake is overcooked. If the crumbs are liquidly allow the cake to bake longer, and check the center with a toothpick in 5 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes. Remove pound cake from the baking dish.
9. In a bowl wide enough to dip the tops of the cakes, whisk together powdered sugar, water, and Meyer Lemon juice.
10. Once cool, dip the tops of the cakes into the icing and set on a plate to allow the icing to set. Top with a thin lemon slice and drizzle a bit of icing over the lemon slice. Store in a covered container till ready to serve.

Alternative Baking Methods

This recipe can easily be adapted to other types of baking pans. I use a 6-cup mini loaf pan. About 3-4 mini loaves is equivalent to a standard size bread pan 9x5 baking pan.

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