Lemon Pound Cake with cream cheese filling is the last word dessert for lemon lovers. This straightforward lemon dessert with streusel crumb topping is tremendous moist and lemony, and style identical to scrumptious espresso cake simply baked in a loaf pan. In case you are lemon lovers then you should test my Lemon Custard Cake, too.

Straightforward Lemon Loaf Cake
This scrumptious lemon loaf comes collectively in a couple of easy steps. It bursts with shiny lemon flavour. Lemon cake is scrumptious by itself, however once you add a layer of cream cheese filling within the middle, it takes it to a different degree. If you need to strive it with addition of berries, as an alternative of cream cheese filling, then perhaps you need to test my Lemon Blueberry Bread recipe, too.
Nonetheless, this candy and lemony dessert is ideal for any event. Pound cake is dense, however it’s moist with a clean and velvety crumb.

What You Want For This Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
This recipe is impressed with my Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins. Subsequently, the record of components could be very comparable, simply utilizing one other ratio.
- Butter — You’ll want unsalted room temperature butter for the cake combination. Be certain that to deliver the butter to room temperature so it can cream simply. It must be mushy once you press it, your finger ought to depart a dent, however make sure that it isn’t greasy or oily mushy.
- Lemon — you will want lemon juice and lemon zest, as effectively. Use freshly squeezed lemon juice for the perfect flavour. It has a brighter flavour than bottled lemon juice. Additionally, I add some lemon and vanilla extract, to pronounce the flavour.
- Flour-all-purpose flour is totally nice for this cake.
- Eggs — serving to the cake rise and supply glorious texture. Milk — I like to recommend utilizing complete milk for the perfect flavour. Don’t substitute with water.
- Bitter cream-it make the cake moist and mushy. You’ll be able to substitute with plain Greek yogurt if it’s all you’ve got available.
- Cream cheese-use full fats brick fashion cream cheese for the filling.
- Sugar — powdered sugar to sweetens and thickens the glaze, granulated sugar for the lemon pound cake and cream cheese filling, and streusel crumb as effectively. For the crumb topping I added a little bit gentle brown sugar, however you may substitute with granulated sugar, in case you choose.



How To Make Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake
First make the crumb topping. Stir collectively flour, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and whisk with a fork till coarse crumbs type. Put aside.
To make the cream cheese filling, combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla (or lemon) extract, egg white and flour simply to mix.
To make the lemon cake combination whisk dry components (flour, baking powder and salt) and put aside.
In a big bowl combine softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes at excessive pace. Add eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and lemon extract and blend for two extra minutes. Add bitter cream and lemon juice and blend simply to mix. Operating your mixer on low, combine in dry components.

To assemble the loaf, unfold about ½ half of lemon cake combination into the underside of ready pan. Utilizing a spoon, dollop the cream cheese combination over the cake layer, however don’t go all the way in which to the sides. Utilizing the again of the spoon, gently clean the highest. Cowl cream cheese filling with cake combination. The cake batter is thick so it’s the greatest to dollop excessive, then gently unfold, once more utilizing the again of the spoon.
Sprinkle streusel crumbs on prime and bake about 55-70 minutes or till the middle has set. Cool 5-10 minutes within the pan, then switch on a rack to chill fully.
In the meantime, put together the glaze. Stir powdered sugar with lemon juice. Begin with 1 teaspoon of the juice and progressively add extra till desired consistency has reached. Drizzle over the cake and serve.
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Lemon Pound Cake
Description
Lemon Pound Cake with cream cheese filling is the last word dessert for lemon lovers.
Components
Streusel Crumb Topping:
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons gentle brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- sprint of salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter-melted
Lemon Cake Combination:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter-softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 Tablespoons lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1/2 cup bitter cream
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 6 oz. cream cheese-room temperature
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract
Glaze:
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 –2 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F, grease 9 x 5-inches loaf pan with baking spray, line the underside with parchment paper leaving giant overhang the perimeters, and put aside.
- To make the crumb topping, stir collectively flour, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and whisk with a fork till coarse crumbs type. Put aside.
- To make the cream cheese filling, combine softened cream cheese, sugar, vanilla (or lemon) extract, egg white and flour simply to mix.
- To make the lemon cake combination whisk dry components (flour, baking powder and salt) and put aside.
- In a big bowl combine softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes at excessive pace. Add eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and lemon extract and blend for two extra minutes. Add bitter cream and lemon juice and blend simply to mix. Operating your mixer on low, combine in dry components.
- To assemble the loaf, unfold about ½ half of lemon cake combination into the underside of ready pan. Utilizing a spoon dollop the cream cheese combination over the cake layer, however don’t go all the way in which to the sides. Utilizing the again of the spoon, gently clean the highest. Cowl cream cheese filling with cake combination. The cake batter is thick so it’s the greatest to dollop excessive, then gently unfold, once more utilizing the again of the spoon.
- Sprinkle streusel crumbs on prime.
- Place in preheated oven and bake about 56-70 minutes or till the middle has set. Tent the highest loosely with aluminium foil if it begins browning an excessive amount of.
- Cool 5-10 minutes within the pan, then switch on a rack to chill fully. Use the overhangs of the parchment paper to elevate the loaf from the pan.
- In the meantime, put together the glaze. Stir powdered sugar with lemon juice. Begin with 1 teaspoon of the juice and progressively add extra till desired consistency has reached. Drizzle over the cake and serve.
