Monday, July 30, 2012

Another recipe....but a great one!

1983 - Jacques and Suzanne: Memories (and a recipe!) from the legendary Little Rock restaurant.
http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/1983-jacques-and-suzanne/Content?oid=964945
Here's another great recipe from a grand old restaurant.  I've made this so many times and it is without a doubt the BEST Pound Cake I've ever tasted! 

Lemon Pound Cake
1/2 cup finely crumbled sugar cookies
3 cups all purpose flour
2 t baking powder1/2 t salt
1/2 pound REAL butter
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 cup whole milk
2 T fresh lemon zest
few drops lemon extract
GLAZE
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Butter a 9 inch tube pan and coat with cookie crumbs.
Sift dry ingredients together.  Beat buttter and sugar until creamy.
Add eggs - one at a time, beating after each addition.
Mix in dry ingredients alternately with milk.  Stir in lemon zest and extract.
Turn batter in to prepared pan.  Smooth top.

Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tests done.  Cool 5 minutes in pan, loosen sides and invert on a cake rack to remove.  Turn cake so the top of the cake is on top!
Immediately glaze cake by bringing lemon juice and sugar to a boil.