Lemon Pound Cake

Name: Lemon Pound Cake
Total time: 165 min
Ingredients: 17 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks) plus 1 extra tablespoon softened, for greasing pan; 1 1/2 cups cake flour (6 ounces/170 grams), plus 1 tablespoon for dusting pan; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon table salt; 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar (8 3/4 ounces/248 grams); 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest plus 2 teaspoons juice from 2 medium lemons; 4 large eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/2 cup granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams); 1/4 cup lemon juice, from 1 or 2 medium lemons

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Although made from only a handful of ingredients, pound cake can be a finicky, disappointing dessert prone to disaster. We set out to construct a foolproof recipe.

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Ingredients

17 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks) plus 1 extra tablespoon softened, for greasing pan
1 1/2 cups cake flour (6 ounces/170 grams), plus 1 tablespoon for dusting pan
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar (8 3/4 ounces/248 grams)
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest plus 2 teaspoons juice from 2 medium lemons
4 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams)
1/4 cup lemon juice, from 1 or 2 medium lemons