Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 55 mins | Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins | Yield: 1 cake
Easily make this decadent Ritz Carlton Lemon Pound Cake from scratch and enjoy this for dessert served with vanilla ice cream and some fresh fruits. This cake is incredibly easy to whip up and guarantee one of the best pound cake you’ll ever make. Plus, this pound cake is perfect for a crowd.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ c. shortening, room temperature
3 c. sugar
1 c. unsalted butter, room temperature
3 c. All-purpose flour
5 large eggs
¾ teaspoon salt
1 lemon, zested
1 cup whole milk
6 tablespoons lemon juice
HOW TO MAKE THE RITZ CARLTON LEMON POUND CAKE
Step 1: Prepare the oven. Preheat it to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 15-cup Bundt pan.
Step 2: Into a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Step 3: Cream the butter, shortening, and sugar using an electric mixer. Then, add the eggs one at a time, beating well every after each addition.
Step 4: To the butter mixture, add the dry ingredients alternately with milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Beat at low speed until just combined. Then, stir in the lemon juice and zest.
Step 5: Into the prepared pans, pour the batter. Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 55 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Step 6: Remove from the oven when done and allow the cakes to cool for 15 minutes in the pans before turning the cakes out onto racks to cool fully.
Notes:
To prevent the cake from overflowing, do not fill the pans to the very top.
In this recipe, I used a 15-cup Bundt pan, but a tube pan will also work.
Make sure to leave at least 1-inch to 1½ inches unfilled space if using a 12-cup or 10-cup Bundt pan.
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