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Gluten Free Lemon Pound Cake

Sandi Gaertner
A moist and delicious homemade gluten free lemon pound cake recipe. This recipe gets rave reviews and nobody will know it is gluten free!
4.65 from 53 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 20
Calories 225 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups gluten free flour blend * see note
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter melted
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ⅓ cups milk or non-dairy milk
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice

For Icing

  • ⅓ cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 teaspoons lemon juice depending on how thick you want your icing

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350º F.
  • In a large bowl, add the dry ingredients and whisk to blend.
  • In a smaller bowl, add the wet ingredients and mix well.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until it is barely mixed. Over mixing can cause the cake to become denser.
  • Spoon the batter into two greased bread loaf tins. Optional: sprinkle the tops with coarse sugar.
  • Bake for 45 minutes until done. Check doneness with the toothpick test (see Notes).
  • Remove from the oven to a cooling rack and allow cooling.
  • Add the powdered sugar and lemon juice to make the icing. Add the lemon juice slowly until you get the consistency you want. Drizzle the icing over the cake.

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Notes

  1. I have tested this recipe with King Arthur Measure for Measure GF and Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF blend. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
  2. If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain Xanthan Gum or Guar Gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
  3. To make this recipe dairy-free, substitute the butter for vegan butter.
  4. Other dairy-free kinds of milk will work but I do not recommend canned coconut milk.
  5. Check the cake doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes out clean, your cake is ready. If there is batter or crumbs on the cake, it needs to bake a little longer.
  6. This cake will keep up to 4 days in an air-tight container, or up to 4 months in the freezer.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 225kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 168mgPotassium: 38mgFiber: 2gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 382IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 1mg
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