For a beautiful spring treat, this lemon cream cheese pound cake recipe is full of lemon zest, lemon juice, and lemon extract. It's bright and sweet.
INGREDIENT
– 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature– 1 ½ cups unsalted butter room temperature– zest of 4 lemon– 3 cups sugar– 6 large egg– 3 cups all-purpose flour– 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract– 2 tablespoons lemon juice– 1 teaspoon lemon extract optionalFor the Lemon syrup– 2 tablespoons sugar– 2 tablespoons water– 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
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INSTRUCTION
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt.Make butter and cream cheese creamy in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a large bowl with a hand mixer.
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Step 1
Sugar and lemon zest should be moist and fragrant in a medium basin. After carefully adding the sugar mixture, beat the butter on medium speed for 3 minutes until light and creamy.
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Step 2
Each time, beat two eggs well. Mix flour all at once. Combine lemon juice, essence, and vanilla.Put in pan. Bake 1 hour 25–30 minutes at 325°F.
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Step 3
Check doneness at 1 hour. A toothpick placed into cake middle comes out clean. Cool in pan for a few minutes before transferring to wire rack.
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Step 4
While cake cools, create syrup. In a small pot, heat sugar, water, and lemon juice. Warm brush, cake.