Do you have any left over strawberries from summer? I have a recipe for a delicious Lemon Pound Cake with Macerated Strawberries.
I knew I wanted to make an easy lemon pound cake to pour the macerated strawberries over. So often when you think of strawberries you quickly think shortcake, so I wanted to change things up a bit. I just love the lemon and strawberry flavor combo. They work so well together. Plus, my husband’s a huge lemon fan and I knew he would be happy.
First I started by making this easy lemon pound cake. In a large bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup melted butter. Add 2 well beaten eggs and 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice and mix well. Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture. Then add 1/2 cup of milk and mix until well combined. Bake at 325 degrees in a well greased loaf pan or 1 hour or until golden brown. Removed the pan from the oven. Mix 1/3 cup of fresh lemon juice and 1/4 cup of sugar. Use a toothpick to make holes in the top of the cake and drizzle the lemon juice and sugar mixture over the top. This cake is so good on it’s own but I decided to make it even better with strawberries.
I used two quarts of fresh strawberries for the deliciously sweet topping for the lemon pound cake. Of course, you want to cut the stems off the strawberries. Then rinse and dry them really good. There’s nothing worse than waterlogged strawberries. Add the dried strawberries to a large bowl and pour 1 cup of sugar on top. You can add more or less depending on how sweet you like them. Then just mash away. I used a potato masher. I like to leave small larger pieces of strawberries. Then just pour the macerated strawberries on top of the cake. You can serve warm or cool.
- For the lemon pound cake:
- ½ cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 well beaten eggs
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup milk
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup sugar
- For the macerated strawberries:
- 2 quarts fresh strawberries
- 1 cup sugar.
- For the lemon pound cake:
- In a large bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar and ½ cup melted butter.
- Add 2 well beaten eggs and 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice and mix well.
- Add ¼ teaspoon of salt, 1½ cups all purpose flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture.
- Then add ½ cup of milk and mix until well combined.
- Bake at 325 degrees in a well greased loaf pan or 1 hour or until golden brown.
- Removed the pan from the oven.
- Mix ⅓ cup of fresh lemon juice and ¼ cup of sugar.
- Use a toothpick to make holes in the top of the cake and drizzle the lemon juice and sugar mixture over the top.
- For the macerated strawberries:
- Cut the stems off the strawberries. Then rinse and dry them really good.
- Add the dried strawberries to a large bowl and pour ½ cup of sugar on top. (You can add more or less depending on how sweet you like them).
- Use a potato masher and mash the strawberries and sugar together.
- Then just pour the macerated strawberries on top of the cake. You can serve warm or cool.
You might also like this Classic Homemade Strawberry Pie recipe:
This looks delicious! I’ll have to put some of my remaining summer berries to good use :).
Hi there. Stopping by from Think Pink Sunday. This looks pretty amazing and your food photography is beautiful. Thanks for the summer cake inspiration!
This looks very good. My grandpa loves lemon. I am going to have to make this for him. Thank you! pinned
This looks so good! I love the lemon and strawberry together! Yummy! Saying hello from create link inspire link party!
Cathy
Hi, Katie! This looks so good! I have a question- the fourth ingredient down, the 1 teaspoon of lemon juice…in the directions it calls for the “1 tablespoon of lemon juice.” Is it supposed to be a teaspoon or a tablespoon? Thank you! 🙂
Hi Joy! Thank you for catching that. It should be corrected in the post and is 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice. Have a great night!
Yummers! This looks amazing, Katie! Thanks so much for sharing the yummy recipe!
This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing! I found you on Hit Me With Your Best Blog Hop and even though you didn’t post this specific recipe, I became hooked on your site. I have pinned this cannot wait to try it out!
Thanks for sharing!
Jeannine
What an amazing recipe, it looks like I could dive right into the computer screen and take a bite. YUMMMMY!! Dropping by from Just a Girl and Her Blog’s party.
Dawn
Hello, Katie, I found you through Emily’s Linky Party. This cake looks delicious! I love lemon, I was born where there are the best lemons of Italy! I’m fond of cooking. I think I’ll make your cake one day. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Mariangela
This looks yummy. I love pound cake, and topping it with fresh strawberries is genius! Love it.
OH MY GOODNESS, this looks so delicious!
Looks delicious! Now I’m craving lemon and strawberry 🙂
Oh what a divine looking loaf! The strawberries just add that extra wow factor!
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