Shari's Lemon Pound Cake

I think I should start calling my blog "Pound Cakes Galore" since I've made pound cakes more than anything else! I do love a good pound cake....and they are simple to make, go a long way and use ingredients we all have on hand most of the time. This pound cake is delicious! The lemon glaze gives the crust a little crunch along with a nice burst of lemon flavor. Very good. It's from the book I found at the thrift store called "For the Love of Cats Dessert Book." A crazy kind of book. It has all kinds of illustrations of cats on the pages with the recipes. The book is from 1984 and published by Animal Allies. I can't imagine many of these books around since it looks like it might have been published to raise funds for animals. I plan to make many more cakes from this cute little book! (I also tried out a new bundt pan and really like it!).

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind (I used the rind of a whole lemon)

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup sour cream

Glaze:

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease bundt or tube pan.

Cream butter, sugar and lemon rind together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with sour cream to batter. Add vanilla and mix well. Pour batter into a greased tube pan or bundt pan. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 20 minutes and remove. When cake has cooled somewhat mix together confectioners' sugar and lemon juice and drizzle on cake.