5 Quick Lemon Pound Cake Recipes Every Busy Mom Should Know

Busy moms need simple, tasty recipes to manage their many commitments. Lemon pound cake is a classic dessert that can be made in minutes with these five recipes.

Ingredients: Butter, sugar, eggs, Zest, juice of lemons, Mixture of flour, baking powder, Salt, Milk

Traditional Lemon Pound Cake

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Directions: Beat butter and sugar until frothy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then lemon zest and juice.

Directions: Add flour, baking powder, and salt alternately with milk. Bake batter in a greased loaf pan until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Ingredients: Pound cake, Lemon curd, Whipping cream, Lemon slices for garnish

No-Bake Lemon Pound Cake Trifle

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Directions: Layer cubes of pound cake in serving glasses. Cover cake cubes with lemon curd. Cover with whipped cream.

Directions: Layer until glasses are full, then top with whipped cream. Serve chilled with lemon slices.

Ingredients: Pound cake mix, Lemon zest, Blueberries

Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake Muffins

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Directions: Follow package instructions to make pound cake with lemon zest. Mix in blueberries gently. Bake batter in muffin cups until golden brown and done. 

Ingredients: Powdered sugar for pound cake, Lemon juice

Glazed Lemon Pound Cake Bars

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Directions: Put pound cake bars on a baking sheet. Glaze with powdered sugar and lemon juice. Cover pound cake bars with glaze. Let glaze set before serving.

Ingredients: Pound cake, Lemon icing, Poppy seeds

Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake Bites

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Directions: Cut pound cake into bites. Dip each slice in lemon icing. Sprinkle poppy seeds on icing. Let the frosting set before eating.

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