Lemon Pound Cake – OMG Chocolate Desserts

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

Straightforward Lemon Loaf Cake

This scrumptious lemon loaf comes collectively in just a few easy steps. It bursts with vibrant lemon flavour. Lemon cake is scrumptious by itself, however if you add a layer of cream cheese filling within the heart, it takes it to a different stage. If you want to attempt it with addition of berries, as a substitute of cream cheese filling, then perhaps you must verify my Lemon Blueberry Bread recipe, too.

Nonetheless, this candy and lemony dessert is ideal for any event. Pound cake is dense, however it’s moist with a easy 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 listing of elements could be very comparable, simply utilizing one other ratio.

• Butter — You’ll want unsalted room temperature butter for the cake combination. Make certain to deliver the butter to room temperature so it is going to cream simply. It must be mushy if you press it, your finger ought to go away a dent, however ensure it’s not greasy or oily mushy.
• Lemon — you will want lemon juice and lemon zest, as effectively. Use freshly squeezed lemon juice for the perfect 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 fantastic for this cake.
• Eggs — serving to the cake rise and supply glorious texture. Milk — I like to recommend utilizing entire milk for the perfect flavour. Don’t substitute with water.
• Bitter cream-it make the cake moist and mushy. You possibly can substitute with plain Greek yogurt if it’s all you may have 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 effectively. For the crumb topping I added just a little gentle brown sugar, however you possibly can substitute with granulated sugar, should you 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 elements (flour, baking powder and salt) and put aside.
In a big bowl combine softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes at excessive velocity. 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. Working your mixer on low, combine in dry elements.

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 way in which to the sides. Utilizing the again of the spoon, gently easy 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 high 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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