When we were driving down to New Orleans, I was looking through the new Southern Living magazine and lo and behold it was full of pound cake recipes. What Southern girl worth her salt doesn’t LOVE pound cake?!
I do, I do!
We grew up on rich, buttery pound cake. I was just over in Atlanta again with my family and look what I spied as soon as I came in the door to my parent’s house.
Anything under a silver dome this pretty and vintage has to be delectable, huh? 
Yep, it is! As good as it looks. The glaze is very lemony and it’s a delish cake. Right out of Southern Living. 
She says she is going to try some of the others too. I told her when I move back in with them that I just can’t be eating cake ALL the time. She promised some low-fat desserts too.
OK, I can live with that. 🙂
Just in case you’d like to try this one, here’s the recipe right out of Southern Living:
Lemon-Coconut Pound Cake Loaf
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tsp. lemon zest
1 cup sweetened flake coconut, divided
Lemon Glaze
Whisk together 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp. milk, and 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice, adding an additional 1 Tbsp. milk, 1 tsp. at a time for desired consistency.
- Preheat oven to 325*. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light & fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just blended after each addition.
- Stir together flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning & ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in lemon zest & 1/2 cup coconut. Pour batter into a greased & floured 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 325* for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack & cool completely (about 1 hour).
- Spoon Lemon Glaze over cake & sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup coconut.
It’s a good one, so I hope you’ll try it too. Loved that lemon glaze!
Looks yummy! I kept my Grandmother’s cake dome when she passed away. Many good memories of yummy cakes in her kitchen.
My grandmother who passed away last September at the age of 99 had a cake plate and dome just like the one pictured. My mom has it now and I asked her if it came together or if it was something Granny had put together. I guess I have my answer now. Thanks for sharing. The cake looks yummy too. You cannot beat Southern Living recipes.
That cake dome so reminded me of my Grandmoma! She had one just like it and her pound cake was out of this world good.
Steve would enjoy this lemony one…I’ll have to give it a whirl.
This is so funny, the first 3 comments are about the cake dome and plate and that’s exactly the first thing that I thought of when I saw the first picture…”My Granny had that same cake dome!” Oh, and my Granny was a southern lady from Alabama. I’m going to have to try the cake, but I know what you mean about not being able to have it all the time!!
That cake looks so delicious.
Thank you for posting the recipe.
Yummy! I can smell it from here!
Oh my, that sounds and looks soooooo good. Thank you for sharing, I need to make this for my hubby. Two favorites, lemon and coconut.
Have a God Filled Day
Shirley
Looks delicious – I’m definitely trying this recipe! Thanks for posting it.
I’m writing this recipe down right now! Perfect for a spring thing get together with the girls! thanks for sharing it with us!
Your mama’s cake looks better than the one in SL! Since I am now a southern gal myself, I figured I’d best get to baking my first pound cake. I tried the Strawberry Cream Cheese pound cake and although it was good, it resembled the Grand Canyon….any pound cake tips for the beginner?
Oh my goodness does that cake look good! (And, yes, the cake dome is beautiful but I want a piece of that cake!). Coconut makes everything wonderful and lemon certainly sounds delightful in the dreary Northwest!
I have an identical cake plate and dome that belonged to my grandmother. She always had a cake baked for anyone that might drop by to see her and my grandfather. Such sweet memories…
My first thought when I saw the top picture was: how nice it will be for you to spend time at home in that cozy kitchen with a cake-baking mom. My second thought was : I must get a vintage cake dome like that. I love the Southern tradition of pound cake “on hand” with sweet tea. Your mother’s cake is a beauty.
Hi Rhoda,
That looks and sounds so amazing! I love pound cake, in the past I have made one for Christmas with maraschino or canned cherries in it. So good! Hard to believe that you grew up eating pound cake as slim as you are.
Hugs, Cindy
What a sweet momma you have! Enjoy every minute you have with her!
Julia
Hi Rhoda! Anything with a lemon glaze is right up my alley and I loved seeing all of those pound cakes in my Southern Living too. I was thinking how Spring-y they all sounded! Thanks for sharing this one with us! 🙂
Vanessa
P.S. My sister and I launched a new blog together and we would love to have you stop by sometime if you get a chance!
I LOVE lemon pound cake and that silver cake dome brought back such fond memories of my great grandmother – she had one just like it!
Oh yummers Rhoda! Wow!
Your Mama is such a sweetheart!!
Sending you much love my dear friend!
xo,
Kim
Ohhhhhh YUM! That looks so delicious!
I love the SL cake recipes…THANKS for sharing this one along with the photos! 🙂
Growing up in Alabama, everyone had a cake dome just like your mom’s. You can’t go wrong with a pound cake and sweet tea. Pound cake is the only cake I really like. Once again, your post has taken me home without spending hours flying and sitting in airports. Thanks!