Ingredients
Method
Lemon Pound Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
- Prepare a 9x9 baking pan by coating the interior lightly with coconut
- oil.
- Cut parchment paper to fit the bottom of the pan and place it
- over the coconut oil.
- Sift dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir with a whisk to
- combine.
- Place oil and honey in the bowl of a food processor and process for 2 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
- Add coconut milk, lemon extract, and lemon zest, and continue to process until well combined.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients and thoroughly combine using a wooden spoon until smooth
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test
- Let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes
- Remove cake from pan and let cool completely
Glaze
- While cake is in the oven, cut vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape the beans into a small saucepan.
- Add the vanilla bean pod, lemon juice, zest, and honey to the pan and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Let cool to room temperature. Remove pod and discard.
- Using a fork, poke several holes in the top of the cake
- Pour glaze over the cake, using a spatula to evenly distribute over the entire cake. Let the cake rest for an hour to fully absorb the glaze.
- Serve immediately or cover and store in the refrigerator.
