Weekend baking: Lemon Pound Cake

annie1992

3 years ago

This was actually a disappointment. I found a recipe that called for 12 egg yolks, and it provided a perfect opportunity to use up some of the many eggs my "girls" provide for me on a daily basis. The recipe had no fat, which I thought a little odd, but hey, all those egg yolks should make up for it, right?

Um, no. The cake has a nice flavor, not too sweet. I added some glaze made of powdered sugar and lemon juice, which added a little more lemon flavor. However, the cake was dry, and kind of fluffy, not dense and moist like I expect a pound cake would be. I think I overbaked it by a few minutes, and that didn't help the texture, but it was pretty, LOL.

What to do? Nothing except use up five more eggs and make Colleen's Lemon Butter, use it to top the slices and add some moisture. It did improve the somewhat crumbly texture and added even more lemon flavor.

I threw the cake recipe away, and silently thanked Colleen again for her Lemon Butter recipe. It's quick, easy and done entirely in the microwave, plus it has only 4 ingredients.

Look at that, two pictures when starting a thread, I'm amazed!

Oh, and thanks again, Colleen. I know LindaC asked about that recipe, so I'll post it in a separate thread to be sure she can find it.

Annie

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colleenoz
3 years ago
That's a shame about the cake, especially with 12 eggs :-/

I made this one last week to take into work, and it was very popular. Almost no effort to mix up and came out nice and moist. You don't even need a mixer.

I'll be making another one this week for Friday- I bake a birthday cake for each staff member, whatever is their favourite, and this week it's a carrot cake. The staff member who generously supplies me with eggs from her chickens is allergic to carrots and had mentioned that she wasn't fast enough to get to the "yummy" lemon cake and only managed to snaffle one piece, I'll make another lemon cake and take her a large piece to have instead of the birthday cake.

https://thecafesucrefarine.com/french-grandmothers-lemon-yogurt-cake/

My notes- I put the rind of three smallish lemons in as that's what I juiced, and I hate waste ;-)

I baked mine in a large loaf pan and it came out fine

Because it was a deeper cake from being in a loaf pan, I poked holes all over it with a skewer before brushing on the glaze
chloebud
3 years ago
Ugh, Annie...I totally understand the frustration. The cake from Colleen sounds really good. Also, I can vouch for a couple lemon cake recipes from Ina G. The one in this link also calls for yogurt. Gotta say that Lemon Butter looks pretty darn yummy!

https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/lemon-yogurt-cake
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annie1992
Original Author
3 years ago
Colleen, now I have to make something with 12 egg whites! Meringues, perhaps, although Elery says he'll cook them for breakfast and just use them as a "wrap"...

Allergic to carrots? Poor woman, I don't think I could even cook without carrots, onions and celery! That's even before we talk about carrot cake.

Most of my pound cake recipes are baked in loaf pans but this one made so much batter that it didn't all fit in the bundt pan, I think I had about 12 cups of batter. Should have just made a couple of loaf pan cakes and poked some holes.

Annie
annie1992
Original Author
3 years ago
chloe, I think we were posting at the same time!

Annie
chloebud
3 years ago
Annie, I guess so. :-)

BTW, I've only used loaf pans for Ina's Lemon Yogurt Cake but have seen her pour it all into a bundt pan.
annie1992
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks, Chloe. I've mostly used loaf pans too, but I have a couple of bundt pans and seldom use them, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. With just Elery and I, it's nearly impossible to eat an entire bundt cake, so it has to be when someone is coming for dinner.

As for Ina, she's never steered me wrong, so I'm sure a recipe of hers would have to be good!

Annie
colleenoz
3 years ago
You could make friands with the egg whites, that's what I do. Easy peasy and gluten free!
annie1992
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Colleen, I read that really quickly and thought I saw "make friends with the egg whites". I was thinking that I don't know what the heck you are talking about when I re-read. Then I had to go look up "friands", LOL.

Do you think I could bake them in mini-muffin pans? I don't have any kind of small mold or similar.

Annie
colleenoz
3 years ago
I use cupcake pans :-)
annie1992
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks, Colleen!

Annie

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