Day 14, Mission: Lemon Pound Cake, 351 recipes to go

Yet another bread for my grandmas party..those ladies are going to be in heaven!
Yields: 2 loafs
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
# of Pans: 2
Ingredients:
3 Cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter, softened
4 eggs
1 cup milk
3 lemons
For Glaze:
3 Tablespoons lemon juice (only if you run our of fresh lemon juice)
2 Cups powdered sugar
Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350'
*Grease two loaf pans with oil or butter

Thanks to Laura's Bread Blog

*Wash your lemons, then use a cheese grater to grate off the peel of all 3 lemons, and set aside

 *Cut your lemons in half and squeeze the juice out into a measuring cup
*In a medium sized bowl, mix together your flour, baking powder and salt
*In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar and eggs and use a mixer to cream until light yellow

*Slowly mix your flour mixture into your creamed butter mixture.

*Alternate some flour, with the addition of the milk until all the flour and all the milk is added to your butter mixture
*Stir in your lemon peel and 6 Tablespoons (1/4 cup and 2 Tablespoons) of your freshly squeezed lemon juice

*Stir the mixture until the peel and juice are completely mixed in.
*Pour the batter into your two loaf pans and allow to cook in the center rack for approximately one hour, or until a tooth pick entered into the center comes out clean

*Move your loaf to a metal rack and allow to cool for ten minutes.
*While cooling, mix in an 3 Tablespoons of lemon juice (use your fresh squeezed if you have some left) abd and your powdered sugar until you have a smooth glaze.
*Pour the glaze over your loafs, cover and allow to sit for 24 hours until you slice it
Pure lemon bliss! If you like nuts, try adding 1 cup of your favorite nuts when you mix in your peel and juice :)

Thanks to Marzipan's Blog :)