Dessert: Lemon Pound Cake with Candied Lemon Slices

Recipe by Sara Foster This is delicious with a dollop of freshly whipped cream or soft frozen yogurt. Prep: 15 minutes, Bake: 1 hour, Cook: 7 minutes.

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Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Lemon Glaze

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °. Lightly grease and flour a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan; set aside.
Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir together lemon zest, juice, and yogurt in a separate bowl.
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a third bowl; add to butter mixture, alternately with yogurt mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 ° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack about 10 minutes. While still warm, turn out of pan; remove lemon slices from Lemon Glaze, and place on top of cake. Drizzle with Lemon Glaze. Continue to cool on wire rack.

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