LEMON BLACKBERRY POUND CAKE
You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces — just good food from fresh ingredients. ~ Julia Childs
I love Julia Childs. She is quite the inspiration. Never were her words truer than when applied to the humble Pound Cake. I don’t understand why anyone would go for a premixed box to make up this simple and delicious dessert when all that is needed is the most basic of ingredients. Fancy it up just a bit with lemon and fresh blackberries and voila; Lemon Blackberry Pound Cake. A simple dessert fit for a king.
- Blackberry Glaze:
- 8 oz fresh Blackberries (about 1⅔ cups)
- ⅓ cup raw sugar
- 1 tbsp Chambord (blackberry Liqueur) - Optional
- Pound Cake Batter:
- 1½ cups butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp Lemon Zest
- Blackberry Glaze:
- Place rinsed blackberries in a small non- reactive saucepan along with ⅓ cup raw sugar. Mash berries slightly and mix well with sugar. Allow berries to sit for 15 minutes to soften and bring out the juices.
- Place pan over medium high heat and bring the berries to a light boil. Reduce heat and simmer berries for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove berries from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
- Process berries through food mill to remove seeds.
- Return puree to pan, add lemon zest and Chambord.
- Simmer berries for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Pound Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Grease and flour a 10 inch (14 cup) tube pan.
- Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric mixer until creamy.
- Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add cream cheese, beating until creamy.
- Place eggs in medium sized bowl, whisk slightly.
- Add fresh lemon juice, lemon zest and ¼ tsp salt. Whisk all ingredients together.
- Remove bowl from mixer and add whisked ingredients to cream cheese mixture. Stirring by hand, mix all ingredients together until just combined.
- Add flour, one cup at a time and stir until ingredients are all combined.
- Spoon ½ of the batter into greased and floured tube pan. Gently tap pan on counter to evenly distribute batter. Spoon cooled Blackberry glaze onto pound cake batter. Lightly run the end of a knife through the glaze and batter for a swirling effect.
- Spoon remaining batter on top of blackberry swirled pound cake batter.
- Lightly tap pan to distribute batter evenly.
- Place in pre-heated 350 degree oven.
- Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow pound cake to cool in pan for 15 minutes.
- Remove pound cake from tube pan and allow to cool completely before cutting.
- Serve with fresh blackberries and whip cream if desired.
Recipe adapted from Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake by Southern Living
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