Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

2/3 cup soft butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp grated lemon rind

1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

2 cups sifted cake flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Method :

Heat oven to 300F (150C). Grease and flour a loaf pan, 9 x 5 x 3-inch. Cream butter or margarine until fluffy. Add sugar gradually and beat well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon rind and lemon juice. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and stir into first mixture, stirring only until blended. Spoon into prepared pan and bake about 75 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Turn out and cool on rack.

Makes 1 loaf cake

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