Gluten Free Iced Lemon Pound Cake

So, say you’re gluten intolerant and you haven’t had that one iced lemon pound cake from Starbucks… Well guess what. Now you can have gluten free iced lemon pound cake whenever you want. LIKE A WHOLE LOAF or in my case, a whole little cake made in my frozen inspired cake pan lol! I’m here trying all the gluten free recipes so you don’t have to. I have all the reliable gluten free recipes here. One of my all time favorite gluten- free bloggers is Nicole at Gluten Free on a Shoestring. Not only are her recipes DELICIOUS but they are also affordable. Something I have learned about gluten free recipes as well… is that you need to use the specific flour they suggest. That will change EVERYTHING.

Now let’s get started.

**You can easily replace the cornstarch in this recipe with arrowroot or potato starch. If you are using a higher starch blend, like Cup4Cup, just replace all of the cornstarch in the recipe with more Cup4Cup.**

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: >50 minutes Yield: 1 loaf pound cake

INGREDIENTS

For the pound cake
1 1/4 cups (175 g) all purpose gluten-free flour (I used Better Batter)

3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it)

1/4 cup (36 g) cornstarch (or try arrowroot or potato starch)

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

12 tablespoons (168 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature

4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar

4 eggs (200 g, weighed out of shell) at room temperature, beaten

2 tablespoons (1 fluid ounces) freshly squeezed lemon juice

For the glaze
1 1/2 cups  (173 g) confectioner’s sugar

1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

3 to 4 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat your oven to 325°F. Grease a loaf pan that is no more than 9-inches by 5-inches, and set it aside.

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, xanthan gum, cornstarch, salt and about 3/4 of the lemon zest, and whisk to combine well, working to break up any clumps of lemon zest. Set the bowl aside.

• Make the pound cake batter. In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer), place the butter and cream cheese and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add the granulated sugar and mix to combine. Add the eggs and lemon juice, mixing well after each addition until the mixture is smooth. Add the flour mixture in 3 parts, beating well to combine after each addition. The batter will be smooth and thick, but relatively light. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan, and smooth the top with a wet spatula.

• Bake the pound cake. Place the loaf pan in the center of the preheated oven and bake until a tester inserted in the center of the pound cake comes out clean (about 50 minutes). If the loaf begins to brown too much, cover it tightly with a piece of aluminum foil. Remove the pound cake from the oven and allow it to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.

• Make the glaze & assemble the cake. Once the pound cake is nearly cool, make the glaze. In a small bowl, place the confectioner’s sugar, salt, and the remaining lemon zest, and whisk to combine and to break up any lumps in the confectioner’s sugar or the lemon zest. Add the lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, and mix well. Continue to add lemon juice by the teaspoon, stirring in between additions, until the glaze is thickly pourable. Pour the glaze over the cooled pound cake, and allow to set at room temperature. Slice and serve.

Let me know if you try it! You can use other flours like bobs red mill- although it may have a slight grittiness.

*** Tip, use a spoon to spoon flour into measuring cups. Trust me, it’ll also make it more accurate in measurements ***