Cruze Farm Buttermilk Poundcake

- Total Time
- 75 minutes
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Ingredients
- ¾cup butter, plus more for greasing the pan
- 3½cups sifted all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring the pan
- ½teaspoon salt
- ½teaspoon baking soda
- 2½cups granulated sugar
- ¾cup solid shortening
- 4large eggs
- 2teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1cup cultured buttermilk (see note)
- Juice of 1 lemon, strained
- ⅔cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- 2tablespoons lemon juice
- 1teaspoon grated lemon zest
For the Cake
For the Glaze
Preparation
For the Cake
- Step 1
Bring all the ingredients to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan, tapping out excess flour.
- Step 2
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda. In another medium bowl, whisk the sugar to break up clumps.
- Step 3
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and shortening, stopping to scrape down the sides. Slowly drizzle in the sugar; cream the mixture well. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding the next when the last has been incorporated. Mix in the vanilla. On low speed, mix in a third of the flour mixture until just combined. Add a third of the buttermilk, mixing until just combined. Repeat with the remaining flour and buttermilk. Add the lemon juice and mix to combine.
- Step 4
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted comes out clean, about 75 minutes. The top of the cake will be lightly browned, and the sides will shrink slightly from the pan. Cool for 20 minutes before inverting onto a cake platter.
- Step 5
Before serving, stir together the glaze ingredients and spoon over the top and sides of the cake. It’s even better the next day.
Private Notes
Comments
I have been making this cake for years to the delight of my family. I have made some adjustments over the years though 1.5 cups sugar; all butter and replaced ap with cake flour, and added lemon zest. same cake, just less sweet. lovely with a whipped cream cream cheese frosting.
This is without doubt the best poundcake ever. And it does taste better the second day ...
Metric: 170g butter, 437.5g flour, 500g sugar, 170g shortening, 250ml buttermilk, 85g icing sugar, 1 tsp = 5ml. I used 430g flour, 320g sugar, and 340g butter, omitting shortening. Excellent cake, fine tender crumb, subtle but nice lemon flavour. Accidentally put lemon zest into batter instead of glaze, which I thought improved it. Sub'd 1 Tbsp Limoncello for lemon juice (had only half a lemon), added tiny pinch of salt to balance sweetness and acid in glaze. Will definitely make again.
Delicious and delicate. I also put the lemon zest in the batter: no regrets!
Please give the dry ingredients measures also by weight in grams. It is so much better to measure this way.
I loved this Poundcake, and it got raved reviews from my friends.
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