Lemon Pound Cake Weight Watcher Friendly Recipes

LEMON POUND CAKE - WEIGHT WATCHER FRIENDLY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9" x 5" loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Cake: In a food processor in in a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, lemon juice, oil, cream cheese, lemon rind, and poppyseeds until smooth. In another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and baking soda; into cream cheese mixture, alternately stir flour mixture and sour cream, making three additions of each. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in centre of oven for 45 - 50 minutes or until a tester inserted in centre of cake comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
• Icing: In a food processor or in a bowl and using an electric mixer, beat all icing incredients together. Spread over top of cake. Garnish with poppyseeds and/or lemon rind.

WEIGHT WATCHERS VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Coat a 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, vanilla extract and almond extract; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until blended.
• Beat in sugar, baking powder and salt until blended.
• Beat in flour and egg mixture, little by little, beginning and ending with flour.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 55 to 65 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack.
• Cut into 12 slices and serve.
• Yields 1 slice per serving.