Reviewed: May 2, 2012

This was tangy and moist.

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SHELLYVANKIRK

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Logan, West Virginia, USA

Living In: Bellbrook, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2011

Best textured and flavoured cake I've ever made and I've made a lot of cakes. Our daughter, who went to university in America, jumped to her feet as I brought the cake into the dinning room demanding to know if it was pound cake. I wasn't sure for a couple of seconds if I was doing the right thing or the wrong thing she was so straight faced. It was the right thing and the entire cake was gone within 24 hours. It is now our celebration cake. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm trotting it out to an invitation day on Sunday so that Australians can become acquainted with a pound cake.

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Carol

Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2011

Tasty cake, but mine turned out very short & dense. I guess I should have figured given it's a pound cake, but I was hoping for fluffy. I subbed 1/2 C butter and 1/2 C applesauce for Crisco. I added 1 tsp of lemon extract and used 12 oz yogurt, rather than 8. I continued to coat the cake with glaze for hours to ensure it soaked in. Tasty, but I'd probably look to try another recipe next time.

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Holly

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: May 19, 2011

We love lemon so accumulate a lot of lemon breads and cakes. As written I have rated this a 4 but only because of the shortening taste. Suggest using 1/2 butter and you will see a big difference in texture and taste. Again, I only rate a cake as written because there is no point in rating something that has been totally changed. This is not fair to others.

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EILISH40

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, U.K.

Living In: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2011

I chose to use all butter, and then instead of lemon zest, I used 1 1/2 teaspoons of lemon extract. This had a very tender crumb. I plan on using this pound cake for a dessert that calls for lemon pound cake.

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Blondeprincess

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Living In: Macdill Afb, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2011

I have made this pound cake several times, and Its great!! It lacks a little bit of lemon flavor, so I have added a teaspoon or so of lemon extract to the cake batter and it turns out great. Otherwise I'll follow the recipe as is. The best thing about this cake is the lemon glaze, so make sure to use fresh lemons.

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SST

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2010

Ok... so I realize that this recipe was submitted by Crisco, so I feel a little abashed admitting that I used butter instead of shortening. I couldn't find any lemon yogurt, so I used the juice of one lemon and enough plain yogurt to make one cup. I made the glaze the consistency of elmer's glue and then waited until the cake was cool before drizzling it on because I wanted it to be visible. SO GOOD. YUM. Perfect moistness and perfect, not-too-sweet taste. Made it for our Bible study group on my husband's birthday - everyone just loved it. Goes super well with herbal tea.

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merchantShip

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Reviewed: May 22, 2010

sooo good, its not too sweet which is what i love, you can also control the sweetness of the outside by adding as much glaze as you want. I didn't add much glaze only about a third of it. MAde it twice so far. cooked it for 54 minutes

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vivlam44

Reviewed: May 19, 2010

This was a very good cake and I will definitely make it again to see if it can be a real 5-star! I used the suggestion of half olive oil/ half butter in place of Crisco, and added in some poppy seeds. Also cut down the sugar a bit, which I won't do next time around. Definitely a keeper. It didn't take us to cloud 9, but maybe that was my fault not the recipe's. Still, I wouldn't hesitate to serve it for a tea or shower. (and LOVED the glaze!)

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