Lemon Pound Cake

Lemon pound cake, one of the simple pleasures in life.


2 sticks of unsalted butter (16 tablespoons)
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Optional: Lemon Glaze
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice

I like to let my lemon juice and zest to sit in the refigerator overnight. Both of these are placed in air tight storage containers. I find this tends to mellow down the lemon flavour a little bit.