Easy Italian Lemon Pound Cake Recipe 375

EASY LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together 1 cup sugar and butter.
• Add eggs and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice; mix well.
• Add salt, flour, and baking powder to mixture.
• Add milk.
• Bake at 325°F in a well greased loaf pan for 1 hour,or until golden brown.
• Mix 1/3 cup lemon juice and 1/4 cup sugar.
• Use a toothpick to make holes in top of cake and drizzle lemon juice and sugar mixture over the top of the cake when removed from the oven.
• Serve warm or cool.

EASY ITALIAN LEMON POUND CAKE RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in the sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla, ginger, and lemon zest. Mix half of the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Mix in the buttermilk and then add in the remaining flour mixture. Mix just until the flour disappears. Pour the cake batter into a bundt pan that has been generously sprayed with baking spray. Bake for 70 to 80 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Turn the cake over on a cake platter. Spread the lemon glaze over the warm cake so that the glaze can soak into the cake. Let the cake cool completely and drizzle the lemon cream cheese frosting over the cake.

EASY LEMON RICOTTA CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
• Grease your 8-inch cake pan with butter and dust it with flour.
• Set aside.
• Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl and mix until creamy.
• Add the ricotta and continue mixing for about four minutes on the mixer's high setting.
• Add the eggs one at a time while continually mixing.
• Add vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
• Sift the dry ingredients and add them into the batter: flour, salt, and baking soda.
• Use a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to gently combine the dry ingredients with the rest of the batter.
• Pour the ricotta cake batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Use an angled spatula to level the top of the cake.
• Place pan in the middle of the oven for 45-50 minutes or until the top turns darker.
• Take the pan out of the oven, set it aside to cool, and gently remove the cake from the pan.
• Serve lemon and ricotta cake with a dusting of powdered sugar, if preferred.

ITALIAN LEMON CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
• Measure 1 cup cake mix; set aside for crumb topping. Place the remaining cake mix in a large bowl; add 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk, eggs, and oil. Beat cake mix mixture using an electric mixer until batter is thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Mix melted butter and vanilla extract together in a bowl; stir in reserved 1 cup cake mix until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle crumbs over top of cake batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool cake to room temperature in the pan.
• Beat cream cheese, 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest together in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat cream and remaining 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold cream cheese mixture into whipped cream.
• Remove cake from springform pan. Cut cake horizontally into 2 layers using a serrated knife; remove top layer. Spread filling onto the bottom cake layer; place top cake over filling. Refrigerate cake for at least 4 hours. Dust cake with more confectioners' sugar before serving.