Lemon Pound Cake & Muffins
This Lemon Pound Cake is a variation of my original Cream Cheese Pound Cake. The lemon flavor gives it the perfect warm weather kick! This recipe will make a regular round bundt pan, two loaf pans, or 24 muffins.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups butter, softened at room temperature
1 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp vanilla
1 tbsp lemon extract
5 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Optional: 1 pint fresh blueberries
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat over to 325 degrees and grease a 10 inch tube/ bundt pan or two loaf pans or line 24 muffins.
Cream together butter and cream cheese in an electric or handheld mixer.
Add sugar, mixing until well blended.
Add eggs and flour alternately, ending with flour.
Blend in vanilla, lemon extract, and lemon juice.
Optional: fold in blueberries
Pour into greased pan and bake at 325 for 1 hour 25 minutes. For muffins, bake about 40 minutes.
Oh, yum! Anytime I see lemons and blueberries together, I'm in! Thanks, Booth!
Booth, oh, no, pinched nerves! Makes me hurt to think about it. Get well soon! Thanks for the recipe for lemon pound cake! Your timing is perfect as we are going to Katie's inlaws house (here in Wilmington) for Easter and they are Greek. So they (and we) all love lemon-anything! I'll bake it and take it! Good luck with college searches--our granddaughter, Carly, in Raleigh, is doing the same. Happy Easter to you and the boys! God bless!