This seems to be the theme for many blogs lately. I love anything lemon and I noticed that a lot of the blogs I frequent had posts about lemons. Of course, this meant that I had to make something lemon. But what to make....
I love the lemon loaf that Starbucks sells so I decided to do a google search for Lemon pound cake recipes. I found one titled Starbucks Lemon Pound Cake; a very promising start. Now, the pound cake is typically served with a lemon glaze (which is also delicious, and the recipe is included at the bottom of the cake recipe) but I wanted to do something a little different.
Mrs. T over at Across My Kitchen Table had recently blogged about a lemon curd that is made in the microwave. Now, let me pause here to say that I'm a cooking snob when it comes to the microwave. The idea of using my microwave for anything other than melting butter or reheating something is just not appealing to me. However, after reading Mrs. T's praise for this recipe (and knowing first hand that Mrs. T. is an excellent cook and would not give high marks to any recipe that didn't measure up) I decided to try the recipe she linked to titled Microwave Lemon Curd. I followed the recipe exactly and it is incredible. Seriously addicting and so easy to make (it took 3 min to cook in my microwave).
So, now that I had this incredible lemon curd I decided to slice the pound cake horizontally into 3 layers and slather a generous layer of curd between each layer. I chose to serve the cake without any further additions but you certainly could dust the cake generously with powdered sugar or even use the glaze as well.
This cake came out so moist and full of lemon flavor, definitely recipes that will be added to my recipe binder (another great idea from Mrs. T. that I'll blog more about later). If you love lemon this is a great combination. Enjoy! :)
