How to Make the Famous Ritz Carlton Hotel-style Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

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Simple and easy way to make the 1920’s Vintage and Famous Ritz Carlton Hotel-Style Lemon Pound Cake. This homemade recipe of Ritz Carlton Hotel-Style Lemon Pound Cake is so easy to make a moist and delicious lemon pound cake at home.

I used Stand Mixer for easier mixing but you can also use Hand Mixer instead if you don’t have a Stand Mixer.

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/Nj7YJ2JNrqc

KitchenAid RKP26M1XQG 600 Stand Mixer

Ingredients

Serves 4 – 5

435g (3 cups) All Purpose Flour – https://amzn.to/3mmQVRD
1 tbsp Baking Powder – https://amzn.to/3usJA5J
3/4 tsp Salt – https://amzn.to/39MgmHd
283.5g (1 and 1/4 cup) Unsalted Butter (room temperature) – https://amzn.to/3wr9IzU
47.75g (1/4 cup) Shortening (room temperature) – https://amzn.to/3fL1H2S
2 and 1/2 cups Sugar – https://amzn.to/3wvNxsb
5 pcs Egg – https://amzn.to/3dBRt23
1 cup Whole Milk – https://amzn.to/3cPUgpa
4 tbsp Lemon Juice – https://amzn.to/3ww7Gi4
Lemon Zest (1/2 of Lemon) – https://amzn.to/3ww7Gi4
2 tsp Vanilla Extract – https://amzn.to/3sTLigm

Steps

[oven and pan prep]

Preheat oven to 350F
Grease the cake pan and coat with the all purpose flour

[flour mixture]

Sift the all purpose flour, baking powder and salt then set aside

[batter mixture]

In the Stand Mixer, add butter, shortening, sugar and mix until smooth.
Add vanilla extract
Add eggs one at a time (drop the next egg once the previous egg is well incorporated into the mixture)
Once the eggs are well incorporated, add the flour mixture and milk alternately little by little
Once butter mixture and flour mixture are well combined, stop the mixer and add lemon juice and lemon zest
Gently combine the mixture
Transfer the batter mixture into a cake pan. (Do NOT overfill your pan. Leave at least an inch to 1 1/2 inch unfilled)

[baking]