These are some of our favorite recipes, mostly from Cooking Light, but we tend to edit portions and ingredients
that suit our taste buds (e.g. when a recipe calls for 1 minced garlic clove, we use about 4 :) ).
Other recipes are passed down from family and friends.
Enjoy!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Sour Cream-Lemon Pound Cake

I haven't figured out how to keep the cake from sticking in the pan (I didn't have plain bread crumbs, so I used non-stick spray and powdered sugar, but this does not work) ~ hopefully the bread crumbs work. This is a super-yummy, not-too-sweet, just-enough-lemony-deliciousness treat!


Yield: 18 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
3 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter or stick margarine, softened
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons lemon extract
3 large eggs
1 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon rind (about 2 lemons)
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, divided
1 (8-ounce) carton low-fat sour cream
1 cup powdered sugar

Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray, and dust with the breadcrumbs.
3. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; stir well with a whisk. Beat the butter in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add the granulated sugar and lemon extract, beating until well-blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add grated lemon rind and 2 tablespoons lemon juice; beat 30 seconds. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with sour cream, beating at low speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
4. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Combine 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and powdered sugar. Drizzle glaze over top of cake.

Nutritional Information:
Calories: 323
Calories from fat: 29%
Fat: 10.4g
Saturated fat: 6g
Monounsaturated fat: 3g
Polyunsaturated fat: 0.6g
Protein: 4g
Carbohydrate: 53.4g
Fiber: 0.7g
Cholesterol: 62mg
Iron: 1.3mg
Sodium: 172mg
Calcium: 27mg

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