Granini's Lemon Pound Cake
Sorry no picture of my own yet. I have to use up a bunch of half dead bananas by making some banana bread before I go and make this yummo lemon pound cake. Even if the lemon pound cake sounds more appealing to me (no pun intended).
I don't know if anyone ever actually craves banana bread. I think banana bread is only made in one of two scenarios:
One: the most common time banana bread is made is when people's bananas have half died and there's no convincing the kiddos to eat them in their lunches any more.
Two: the only other time banana bread is made is when there has been a death or a trying and/or difficult time in someone's life and you have to make something in a hurry to pop off onto their doorstep while they're healing/recovering, and the only thing you have left in your pantry are four half dead bananas.
If you're one of the lucky bunch (again, no pun intended), and you have no dead bananas, and you're craving something delish, and you don't necessarily want to eat any more $(!&^# leftover Halloween candy*, then please, find your bread pan, dust it off, give it a quick wash, and make this yummo and super delish lemon pound cake.
p.s. I acquired (stole) the recipe from my most favorite Dave, a former undertaker (I'm not even kidding), who makes the lemon pound cake for my most favorite Vonnie. Evidently she had been eating so much of the lemon pound cake from Starbucks, he was going broke (only kinda kidding). So he wanted a recipe to duplicate their recipe so he could make it from home and perhaps, save a little money. At $4 a slice at Starbucks, I think this is a much better deal. I think he stole the recipe off the internet somewhere. But since I got it from Dave, I can't really credit the original baker. So hat's off to whoever he snagged it from. It's delish.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
⅓ cup lemon juice
½ cup vegetable oil
For the lemon icing:
1 cup plus 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk or ½ and ½ (don’t use skim milk)
½ teaspoon lemon extract
*sometimes I cheat and add a sprinkle or two of lemonade crystal lite crystals onto the top for an extra zing. But that’s me. :)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350ยบ
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Sift together and set aside.
Use a mixer to blend eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, lemon extract, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix in the oil. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently mix until all the flour has been incorporated. Do not overmix.
Grease a bread/loaf pan. Pour all the ingredients into the greased bread pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan. Then cool completely on a wire rack.
Make the lemon icing by mixing all ingredients together. Frost the bread once it has cooled completely, and slice into eight 1-inch slices.
Enjoy!!
*Yes, there HAVE actually been a few known cases where there has been leftover Halloween Candy. Once, in 1374, Miss Sally Lou Washington found herself with an enormous bag of leftover candy when she had unknowingly turned off her front porch light and hour early, and no one came to the door, and she had to comfort herself in her depression over having no trick or treaters that year by consuming the entire bag of Halloween Candy. She died of a diabetic coma within the hour. Later, in 1409, Mr. Enrico Frederique found himself with a small handful of leftover candy when he tripped over the cat, broke his left femur, and was no longer able to answer the door to hand out treats. Much to his dismay, the trick or treaters were making so much of a ruckus because Mr. Frederique refused to answer the door, that they didn't hear his pleas for assistance. He died four days later, the bag of candy having skittered across the floor just out of reach. The cat ate him. And lastly, in 1982, Frances Donahue ended up with a rather sizable bag of leftover candy when she moved to her new home and discovered the Value Packs at her local Walmart. Having purchased one bag of every single kind and type of Halloween Candy, she dressed up as Witch Hazel, lit up the orange pumpkin lights, put out the skeletons and the creepy spiderwebs and hung the bats. And yet, much to her dismay, only three trick or treaters made the long haul up her driveway and over to the porch to request the candy. She filled each and every one of their pillowcases to the brim, and sat in saddened silence the entire remainder of the evening, nibbling on candy after candy after candy. Rumor has it that if you drive by her place late in the evening on All Hallow's Eve, you can still find her sitting there in her rocking chair, nibbling away at Snickers and Reese's Peanut Butter cups. They still taste the same, even after all these years.
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