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Lemon Orange Pound Cake- So moist and flavorful!
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4.47 from 15 votes

Lemon Orange Pound Cake

Moist, flavorful Lemon Orange Pound Cake! This buttery, moist pound cake has wonderful citrus flavor.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the Pound Cake

  • 3 sticks unsalted butter, softened (339g) (Should still hold shape yet dent when pressed.)
  • 3 cups sugar (660g)
  • 5 large eggs, room temperature (Place the eggs in a bowls of warm water for 5 minutes to reach room temp more quickly.)
  • 3 cups all purpose flour (not self-rising) (375g)
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder (2g)
  • ½ teaspoon salt (2g)
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • ¼ Cup Lemon Juice 57g This is approximately the juice in one lemon. (If your lemon has less than ¼ cup, you can supplement with milk to reach the ¼ cup mark).
  • 1 cup milk (242g)
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla (4g)
  • 2 teaspoons lemon extract (8g)

Lemon Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar (measure then sift) (220g)
  • ¼ cup milk (60g)
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract (4g)

Orange Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar (measure then sift) (220g)
  • ¼ cup milk (60g)
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract (see Notes below) (4g)
  • Small amount of orange food coloring we used Americolor gel color

Instructions

For the Lemon Orange Pound Cake

  • Lower the oven rack to the next to lowest position.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  • Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan.  
  • In a separate bowl whisk the flour and baking powder, salt and the lemon and orange zest. Whisk for at least 30 seconds to combine.  Set aside. 
  • In a bowl or measuring cup, add milk and lemon juice. Add the vanilla and lemon extracts.  Set Aside
  • Cream butter with the paddle attachment of your mixer until smooth. Gradually add the sugar and mix on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes or until increased in volume, lighten in color and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs one at a time mixing after each until the yellow of the yolk is blended into the batter
  • Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk mixture to the butter, sugar, and eggs mixture. Begin and end with the dry ingredients ( 3 additions of dry and 2 of wet).
  • Double check and make sure all ingredients have been used.
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Check at about 50 minutes baking time and if the top is getting too dark, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
  • Place on cooling rack for about 10 minutes before turning out of the pan. 

For the Glazes

  • We made two glazes-- an orange glaze and a lemon glaze. The instructions are the same for both.
  • Combine the ingredients in a bowl and mix with a spoon until combined and smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add additional milk a teaspoon at a time until the right consistency.
  • *For the orange glaze, we added a small amount of orange coloring gel.

Notes

Notes: Recipe makes 8 cups of batter
You may need to order Orange Extract online. We use Watkins or
McCormick brands, but others should be fine also.