Lemon Pound Cake

• 3 cups all purpose flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 sticks unsalted butter and room temp

• 2 cups sugar

• 4 eggs

• 1 cup whole milk

• zest of 2 lemons

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix flour, baking powder and salt.

3. Using a mixer, blend butter and sugar. Mix in eggs.

4. Mix in flour and milk and lemon zest

5. Butter and flour a bundt pan, and pour batter in.

6. Bake for 1 hour

Optional glaze:

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1/3 cup lemon juice

Recipe from Cake: A Cookbook by Maira Kalman