Kyles Lemon Pound Cake With Rebas Royal Glaze Recipes

KYLE'S LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Sift the flour together with the baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and shortening together until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and beat an additional 5 minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating only until the yolks disappear into the batter. Add the vanilla, lemon juice, and zest.
• Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Scrape the sides of the mixing bowl and beat only until well blended. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool slightly, then turn the cake out of the pan while it is still warm. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• This cake is also good drizzled with Fresh Strawberry Sauce (page 180).

RUM RAISIN POUND CAKE WITH COCONUT GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine the raisins and rum in a small bowl and soak for several hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan or ring pan.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs 2 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat on low to combine. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the flour mixture. Fold in the raisins with their soaking liquid.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the top is golden and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• While the cake is baking, make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and coconut milk together in a small bowl until there are no lumps; add more coconut milk or sugar to reach the consistency of school glue.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and place on the rack. While the cake is still warm, drizzle the coconut glaze over the top and sprinkle with the shredded coconut.

LEMON GLAZED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups of the sugar until light and fluffy. about 5 minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time.
• Stir in the lemon zest.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the lemon juice, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the butter and sugar mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
• Combine 1/2 cup of the sugar with 1/2 cup of the lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
• When cake is done, let cool for 10 minutes and remove from the pan.
• Poke holes in the cake with a large fork, and pour the lemon syrup over the top. Let cool completely.
• For the glaze, combine the powered sugar and remaining lemon juice, about 3 1/2 tablespoons. Pour over the top of the cooled cake and allow to drizzle down the sides.

KYLE'S LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 10" tube pan. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In large mixing bowl, beat butter and shortening together until creamy. Beat 2 minutes. Add sugar and beat 5 minutes.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating only until yellow yolks disappear into batter. Add vanilla, lemon zest, and juice. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Keep sides of bowl scraped and beat only until well blended. Pour into tube pan.
• Bake 1 hr and 10 min., tent with foil after 45minutes if browning too quickly, until inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool slightly, about 30 minutes. Then turn cake out of pan while still warm. Cool Completely on rack and enjoy.