Lemon Pound Cake – OMG Chocolate Desserts

Lemon Pound Cake with cream cheese filling is the last word dessert for lemon lovers. This straightforward lemon dessert with streusel crumb topping is tremendous moist and lemony, and style similar to scrumptious espresso cake simply baked in a loaf pan. If you’re lemon lovers then you should examine my Lemon Custard Cake, too.

Simple Lemon Loaf Cake

This scrumptious lemon loaf comes collectively in a number of easy steps. It bursts with vivid lemon flavour. Lemon cake is scrumptious by itself, however while you add a layer of cream cheese filling within the heart, it takes it to a different stage. If you need to strive it with addition of berries, as a substitute of cream cheese filling, then perhaps it is best to examine my Lemon Blueberry Bread recipe, too.

Nevertheless, this candy and lemony dessert is ideal for any event. Pound cake is dense, however it’s moist with a clean and velvety crumb.

What You Want For This Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

This recipe is impressed with my Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins. Due to this fact, the checklist of components could be very related, simply utilizing one other ratio.

• Butter — You’ll want unsalted room temperature butter for the cake combination. Be certain that to convey the butter to room temperature so it’s going to cream simply. It must be comfortable while you press it, your finger ought to depart a dent, however make certain it’s not greasy or oily comfortable.
• Lemon — you will want lemon juice and lemon zest, as properly. Use freshly squeezed lemon juice for one of the best flavour. It has a brighter flavour than bottled lemon juice. Additionally, I add some lemon and vanilla extract, to pronounce the flavour.
• Flour-all-purpose flour is totally superb for this cake.
• Eggs — serving to the cake rise and supply glorious texture. Milk — I like to recommend utilizing complete milk for one of the best flavour. Don’t substitute with water.
• Bitter cream-it make the cake moist and comfortable. You may substitute with plain Greek yogurt if it’s all you’ve got available.
• Cream cheese-use full fats brick type cream cheese for the filling.
• Sugar — powdered sugar to sweetens and thickens the glaze, granulated sugar for the lemon pound cake and cream cheese filling, and streusel crumb as properly. For the crumb topping I added a bit gentle brown sugar, however you may substitute with granulated sugar, if you happen to desire.

How To Make Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

First make the crumb topping. Stir collectively flour, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and whisk with a fork till coarse crumbs kind. Put aside.

To make the cream cheese filling, combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla (or lemon) extract, egg white and flour simply to mix.

To make the lemon cake combination whisk dry components (flour, baking powder and salt) and put aside.
In a big bowl combine softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes at excessive pace. Add eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and lemon extract and blend for two extra minutes. Add bitter cream and lemon juice and blend simply to mix. Operating your mixer on low, combine in dry components.

To assemble the loaf, unfold about ½ half of lemon cake combination into the underside of ready pan. Utilizing a spoon, dollop the cream cheese combination over the cake layer, however don’t go all the best way to the sides. Utilizing the again of the spoon, gently clean the highest. Cowl cream cheese filling with cake combination. The cake batter is thick so it’s the greatest to dollop excessive, then gently unfold, once more utilizing the again of the spoon.

Sprinkle streusel crumbs on prime and bake about 55-70 minutes or till the middle has set. Cool 5-10 minutes within the pan, then switch on a rack to chill fully.

In the meantime, put together the glaze. Stir powdered sugar with lemon juice. Begin with 1 teaspoon of the juice and progressively add extra till desired consistency has reached. Drizzle over the cake and serve.

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