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Southern Lemon Pound Cake

11/18/17

Moist southern lemon pound cake, made easy. This old fashioned lemon pound cake is super moist – You’re going to love it!

homemade lemon pound cake drizzled with a sweet vanilla icing

I love a good old fashioned pound cake. Especially when it’s a southern lemon pound cake made from scratch. Don’t get me wrong, I love my semi homemade lemon pound cake loaf recipe (which was a lemon pound cake made with cake mix), that I uploaded a few months back. But from scratch pound cake recipes are my favorite! In this post I’m going to share one of my all time favorite  easy lemon pound cake recipes. This real southern lemon pound cake is made with fresh lemons, real butter, buttermilk, and sour cream.

This southern lemon pound cake recipe is simple, sweet, and perfect for a summertime treat

This southern lemon pound cake is so sweet and moist, with the perfect amount of tart lemon flavor

Give this moist southern lemon pound cake recipe a try, and tell me what you think!

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Homemade Southern Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

Southern Lemon Pound Cake
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Southern Lemon Pound Cake

This is a must-try, easy, moist southern lemon pound cake made from scratch. A deliciously sweet treat!
Course Dessert / Treat
Cuisine American, Southern
Keyword Lemon Pound Cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice
  • zest from 2 large lemons
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Glaze

  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 3-4 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. 
  • Generously grease and flour a bundt pan.
  • Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and set aside. 
  • Cream together the softened butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, sour cream, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla extract.
  • Slowly fold in the flour mixture.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
  • Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes, or until completely done.
  • While the lemon pound cake is baking, combine the ingredients for the glaze.
  • Once the cake is done baking, move from oven and let cool a few minutes. 
  • Gently turn the bundt pan upside down to carefully remove the cake from the pan.  Set aside.
  • Drizzle the glaze over the cake while it's still warm.
  • Let sit until cool.
  • Serve & enjoy!

Loved this classic Lemon Pound Cake recipe? Try these recipes as well!

Lemon Loaf Pound Cake | I heart RecipesLemon Loaf Pound Cake (made with cake mix)


Easy Lemon Ice Cream Cake | I Heart RecipesEasy Lemon Ice Cream Cake


No Bake Lemon Cheesecake | I Heart RecipesNo Bake Lemon Cheesecake


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Comments

  1. Keith says

    November 18, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    Question: Do I fold in the flour mixture into the cream mixture with a spatula or my hand mixer? Thank you, I love your recipes!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 18, 2017 at 4:37 pm

      A spatula 🙂

      Reply
  2. Diana Pugh says

    November 19, 2017 at 2:36 pm

    Can you substute cake flour for allpurpose flour?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 19, 2017 at 2:42 pm

      For best result stick to the recipe listed.

      Reply
  3. LeVan N. Fee says

    November 20, 2017 at 8:27 am

    Do you have a cook book out? I would like to get one for me and my granddaughter who is just learning to cook. Thanks Love your recipes.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 20, 2017 at 9:14 am

      Hi LeVan! I don’t have one yet, but stay tuned. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Tiffany says

    November 20, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    Can a sugar substitute be used

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 20, 2017 at 2:40 pm

      Sure

      Reply
  5. Valerie says

    November 25, 2017 at 8:19 pm

    5 stars
    Hi. I made this cake for my Thanksgiving dinner. It was a hit! Thank you for never disappointing me. This is my favorite recipe blog.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 25, 2017 at 9:13 pm

      Thanks for trying my recipe Valerie! XOXO

      Reply
  6. Sonia says

    November 30, 2017 at 4:14 am

    5 stars
    This cake right here…omg! I have been searching for the perfect lemon pound cake for years and this is the one. Saw Lexitelevision talking about it so I had to try it. It’s so moist and flavorful and delicious. I have a thing for cold cake so I kept it in the fridge and it was gone in a few days. I did have an issue with getting it out of the bundt pan but that’s my fault because I didn’t let it rest long enough, lesson learned. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

    Reply
  7. Belle says

    December 17, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    Hello Rosie. What exactly did you use to grease the pan? PAM spray or Crisco (do people still use that white stuff))?

    Happy Holidays:-)

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      December 17, 2017 at 7:04 pm

      I like to use Pam Baking Spray

      Reply
  8. Lana says

    February 16, 2018 at 11:00 am

    Hi Rosie! Do you suggest using fresh lemon juice? Or would that leave too much room for variance depending on the lemon ripeness? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 16, 2018 at 7:47 pm

      Yes, fresh lemon juice is best.

      Reply
  9. Franklin says

    May 26, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    Your receipes have given me the motivation to cook. Your receipes are so seasoned and deliciously amazing!!! The receipes l have tried has never let me down. You make cooking fun and the directions are easy to follow.
    Thank you Rosie for sharing your wonderful gift of cooking.

    Reply
  10. Bose says

    June 26, 2018 at 1:34 am

    Thanks for the recipe, is there a substitute for sour cream e g yoghurt because sour cream is difficult to get at my place.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      June 30, 2018 at 8:59 am

      plain yogurt can be used.

      Reply
  11. Shannon says

    March 8, 2019 at 6:38 am

    I have been looking for the recipe for my Granny’s Lemon Pound cake and when I tried yours it took me right back to my childhood! Thank you so much for ending my search. You have made this southern child’s day!

    Reply
  12. Valtrice says

    July 14, 2019 at 12:30 am

    For the greasing part, do I use grease spray then put in the flour?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      July 14, 2019 at 9:09 pm

      Yes 🙂

      Reply
  13. dj says

    September 2, 2019 at 11:04 am

    Confirmed. I’ve made this and it was a H I t!!!!

    Reply
  14. Kiki says

    November 26, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    Hi! Can I use self rising flour?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      November 26, 2019 at 2:24 pm

      For best results, follow the written recipe Happy Holidays!

      Reply
  15. Mary Beserra says

    April 7, 2020 at 9:05 am

    I can’t wait to get started in baking this Southern Lemon Pound Cake!
    Thank you, from a person who likes lemon cakes, etc.

    Reply
  16. Rhonda Bowers says

    April 11, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    I just made this cake and it is absolutely delicious! I have been searching for a good lemon pound cake recipe and I found it with this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
  17. Danielle says

    May 24, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    I just made this cake for sunday dessert and omg amazing! Thank you so much i did add 1 more stick of butter and an extra egg….. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes.

    Reply
  18. Everlena says

    October 5, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    I made this cake, I made a mistake and used cream cheese instead of sour cream, I made both cake, this one came out so moist. I moved to Suffolk, VA and my Son lives in New York, l made this cake and sent it to him. Boy, I am the best mother in the world. Thank you for the recipe. I also tried the coconut and pineapple cake. Delicious, delicious, delicious.

    Reply
  19. Denitria Griffith says

    November 13, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    This recipe is amazing I absolutely love it

    Reply
  20. Denitria Griffith says

    November 13, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    Best recipe ever

    Reply

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