Hey, all you “Elevated” Chefs! We have another recipe for you to try out that will hit that sweet & sour tooth. The “Lifted Lemon Pound Cake!” With this delicious treat, you will experience a moist, dense, buttery, rich, lemony treat that will take you down the “Mellow-brick” road.
Here is what you will need:
Equipment:
- 9 x 5 inch loaf pan
- Handheld or stand mixer
- Whisk
- Rubber Spatula
- Measuring Cup
- Measuring Spoons
- Wire rack
- Zester
Cake Ingredients:
- 1 Meyer Lemon, completely zested and juiced(Put zest and juice aside, toss lemon)
- 1 cup of Sugar
- 1 tsp of Baking Soda
- 1 tsp of Salt
- 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
- ¼ cup sour cream or greek yogurt
- 7 tbsp of unsalted butter AND 3 tbs of Big Pete’s Cannabutter(375mg of THC) at room temperature(No cannabutter? No problem. Use more unsalted butter and just up the dose of the Kitchen Gourmet: Lemon Drops)
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
Icing Ingredients:
- 1 cup of Confectioners Sugar, sifted
- 1 tbsp of lemon powder(if you have more lemon juice, 1 & ½ tbsp of lemon juice instead of powder)
- 1 tbsp of heavy cream or whole milk
- .5ml x 5 = 80mg of THC from Kitchen Gourmet Lemon Drops(If you have no canna butter, use another full 3ml x 3 = 100mg)
Let’s start baking!
Step 1. Place the oven rack in the lower third position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius)
Step 2. Make the cake: Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Then, set that aside.
Step 3. With your handheld mixer or standing mixer, make sure you have whisks(or paddles) equipped and start beating the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy. Add in the 1 cup of sugar and continue to beat on high for another couple of minutes until creamy. With your rubber spatula, scrape down the sides as needed. With the mixer on low, add the eggs one at a time and once you’ve mixed in the last egg, stop the mixer. Next, throw in the sour cream, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed until combined. Remember to scrape with your spatula as needed. At this point, the mixture might look a little curdled but that’s just the combination of everything. It will come together and look like normal batter when you add the dry ingredients.
Step 4. Time for the dry ingredients! With the mixer set to low & slow, slowly add the dry ingredients just until combined. To avoid large lumps, run a whisk through to make sure. Avoid over-mixing because we want the batter to be thick.
Step 5. Now we are ready to gently spoon and spread the batter into our loaf pan(don’t forget to coat your pan to prevent sticking if needed) and bake for 45-60 min. Tent the pan with foil halfway into the baking process to prevent the top from over-browning. Pound cakes generally take a while to bake so don’t fret it takes a little longer to bake. The cake is “done” when you stick it with a toothpick down to the center and if you pull it should be clean for the most part. If there are a COUPLE of moist crumbs on the toothpick then that is okay and the cake is done.
Step 6. Time for the cake to cool down, remove it from the oven and place the pan on the wire rack. Leave it there for an hour. Then, carefully remove the cake from the pan and place it on a serving plate OR leave it to cool some more on the wire rack.
Step 7. Let’s make the finger-licking good icing! Just put them all in your mixing bowl and mix them all together. You can drizzle the icing over the cake while it’s still warm or until it’s cool so the slices are nice and uniform.
Well done! You have successfully created our “Lifted Lemon Pound Cake.” It can stay stored at room temperature for up to 3 days but will last up to a week in the refrigerator. Make sure you warn guests BEFORE serving! If you used Canna Butter AND Kitchen gourmet, the entire loaf will be 455 mg of THC. If you ONLY used Kitchen Gourmet, the entire loaf will be 180mg of THC, based on this recipe. You can always add more THC where you see fit. More butter or more Kitchen Gourmet, that part is totally up to the “Elevated” Chef. Be sure to slice accordingly 🙂
