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Sour Cream Lemon Pound Cake with Cherry Compote
Melissa VanDerLaan
"Super moist, refreshing dessert. I serve this at Easter or Mother's Day."
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Ingredients
2 h 50 m servings 467 calsOriginal recipe yields 16 servings (1 Bundt® pan or 2 loaf cakes)
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Directions
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- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt® pan) with cooking spray.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; set aside.
- Beat the butter, 2 1/2 cups sugar, and lemon extract with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Stir in the 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon lemon zest and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice; beat for 30 seconds. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next.
- Mix in the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream, mixing until just incorporated. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, prepare the compote: combine the cherries, 1/4 cup sugar, water, and cornstarch in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove the compote from the heat and stir in the almond extract. Set aside.
- Combine 2 tablespoons of lemon juice with the confectioners' sugar and mix well. When the cake is completely cool, drizzle the lemon glaze over the top of the cake. Serve the cherry compote with the cake.
Footnotes
- Cook's Note
- The cake can be baked in two loaf pans instead of a Bundt® pan. Start checking for doneness after 45 minutes if you're using loaf pans.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 467 calories; 15.8 g fat; 78.1 g carbohydrates; 5.4 g protein; 66 mg cholesterol; 141 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
5/7/2011
I published this recipe - I prefer to use loaf pans, I have actually never done this in a bundt pan. The cherry compote takes this already amazing pound cake over the top! I store the compote ...
Most helpful critical review
7/12/2011
I was so looking forward to this cake. The picture looks so good,. I went out and bought all the ingredients for a double recipe. I don't know what I did wrong. The flavor is good, but the textu...
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5/7/2011
I published this recipe - I prefer to use loaf pans, I have actually never done this in a bundt pan. The cherry compote takes this already amazing pound cake over the top! I store the compote ...
7/13/2011
Yummy! Easy to make. I served with sweetened strawberries instead of making the compote. The cake is very dense, like a pound cake should be.
11/6/2011
I made this last night, adding a little extra lemon everything and a little less flour mixture with 4 tbsp of milk and 4 tsp of lemon pudding mix. THE BEST POUND CAKE I HAVE EVER EATEN. Springy ...
7/12/2011
I was so looking forward to this cake. The picture looks so good,. I went out and bought all the ingredients for a double recipe. I don't know what I did wrong. The flavor is good, but the textu...
10/12/2012
I love this cake. I've made it several times and it has always turned out great - quite moist and dense. I make mine like a sheet cake in a swiss roll tin because I don't have a bundt tin. It...
6/2/2014
This looks terrific. Since it is a lemon cake, I think it would be great with blueberry sauce. For pishposh12, this is a pound cake so the consistency will be denser than a quick bread.
2/24/2013
consistency did not work, had to add way more sour cream to make it work.