Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
Hello friends!
Today will be a short post – I only have two weeks here with the fam before heading back for….THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (cue lame music)
I mean final semester of college.
But I couldn’t just avoid baking altogether. One, why would anyone want to do that and two, after getting here Thursday night, on Saturday morning my father exclaimed “You’ve already been here this long and you haven’t baked a thing!”
We are not a patient family.
After all the peppermint/chocolate cookie madness and sugar plums of Christmas, I wasn’t craving anything crazy sweet. How happy was I when I stumbled onto this recipe for Meyer Lemon Pound Cake on Tracey’s Culinary Adventures.
Is anyone else totally mind blown that citrus is in season now? I forget that the southern half of the country still has nice weather, but really, doesn’t citrus make you think of easy, breezy, summer?
Well, let’s pretend it’s summer. Just for this post. Well, and any other post I do involving citrus in the middle of winter. Shhh it will be our (and the internet’s) little secret!
I cannot leave without mentioning the other, possibly slightly more true reason, for this post being so short. In attempting to follow my new mantra for 2013 “Strive for Progress, Not Perfection” I attempted to mess around with this strange contraption of a light box my mom had lying around the house:
Not sure why I thought it was magical and would automatically make my photos gorgeous and Gawker-worthy. I sort of only managed to get one or two good photos, but hey: progress! I think some stronger lights might do the trick so please just bear with me as I experiment this month.
Later this week I’ll share an awesome recipe for no-knead artisan bread – so be sure to check back Thursday!
Happy Baking!
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
Via Tracey’s Culinary Adventures
P.S. If you don’t have/can’t find Meyer lemons, use equal parts lemon and orange zest for the zest in the recipe, and equal parts lemon and orange juice. It’s still delicious! And no one (I won’t tell!) will know.
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sour cream
1 1/2 tbsp Meyer Lemon juice
1 1/2 tbsp Meyer Lemon zest
1 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar
1 cup butter, room temp
5 eggs, room temp, beaten
Meyer Lemon Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp Meyer Lemon Juice
1. Preheat oven to 325 and grease a 9 by 5 loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk sour cream with Meyer lemon juice. Set both aside until ready to use.
3. In large bowl, combine sugar and zest. Rub between fingers until sugar is and zest are well combined and fragrant. Beat in butter until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
4. Beat in eggs in 3 additions, making sure all is well incorporated, scraping down the bowl if necessary.
5. Alternate mixing in the flour mixture and the sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until well combined.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 325 for 55-65 minutes or until thin knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then transfer loaf to cooling rack to cool completely.
7. Make the glaze: Whisk together powdered sugar and juice until thick glaze forms and no lumps remain. Pour over pound cake and let dry before slicing.
All Photos And Writing Copyright © 2013 Jessica Gonzalez | On Sugar Mountain
Comments
12 Responses to “Meyer Lemon Pound Cake”Trackbacks
Check out what others are saying...-
[...] of awesome citrus recipes fluttering around the blogosphere lately. I tried out one, namely the Meyer Lemon Pound Cake from the wonderful Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary [...]
-
[...] of awesome citrus recipes fluttering around the blogosphere lately. I tried out one, namely the Meyer Lemon Pound Cake from the wonderful Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary [...]
Ah I need to invest in one of these! Or something similar! Where did your mom get it from?
And pound cake, yum. Lemons, yum. Looks ridiculously amazing, as usual
.
Aww thanks Mandie! Me (and the ego) appreciate the comments lol. She got it on Amazon from Cowboy Studio? I think it needs stronger lights but the concept is pretty cool.
Lovely photos! I think the lightbox works!
Thanks Felicia! Yeah, it’s just going to take some work/practice
I think the light box did a good job. The photos look fantastic.
Wish I could dig up something like that in my garage. 
I love lemon cakes and this looks amazing, moist and delicious.
Have a wonderful last semester in school!! 
OMG Ramona! I thought you didn’t get the updates anymore because I wasn’t seeing comments and then I FOUND THEM ALL in my spam. Stupid spambots. Thank you for the kind words and fingers crossed I make it through this semester in one piece!
I agree, why the hell are citrus fruits in season. I eat clementines like crazy during winter but it does seem odd for us northern hemisphere peeps.
But lemon cake, yes please. I’ll start hyperventilating now since I adore anything lemon. I could so take a huge bite of that right about now. Instead I’ll just sulk and keep swallowing my drool down. *retires to the corner*
NOOOO come back from the corner! And make some cake!
or munch on some of those delectable meringue kisses 
I’m with you…after all the Christmas sweets….it’s so good to lighten up with lemon! The pound cake looks luscious…nice and moist. And speaking of lightening up…..I love your light box. I have a smaller version that I have yet to try…..but you’ve got me motivated! Lovely photos! : )
Thanks Anne!
I’m still working out the kinks with the box but thank you for the encouraging words! And I already sort of want to make this pound cake again, but maybe orange this time