Lemon Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 2 1/4 cups sifted cake-and-pastry flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine softened cream cheese, margarine, sugar and vanilla, mixing until well blended.
• 2 add eggs one at a time, mixing at low speed until well blended.
• 3 add lemon rind.
• 4 gradually add flour and baking powder combined, mixing at a low speed until well blended.
• 5 spread batter in a greased and floured 9" tube or bundt pan.
• 6 bake at 325 for about 70 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 7 cool 10 minutes; remove from pan.
• 8 if desired, sift icing sugar over cake when cool.