An easy vegan lemon pound cake recipe with a moist light texture and delicious lemon glazing.
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Preheat the oven to 350°F(180°C). Line a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with oiled parchment paper. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, prepare the vegan 'buttermilk. Combine soy milk and lemon juice and set aside 10 minutes until the milk curdle.
In another mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Bring back the bowl with the vegan 'buttermilk' prepared in step 1 and whisk in coconut yogurt, unrefined cane sugar, lemon zest, melted vegan butter, lemon extract, and vanilla extract.
Add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients and combine until smooth and no lumps show. Don't over mix the batter, or the pound cake will be heavy or gummy.
Transfer the pound cake batter into the loaf pan.
Bake for 50-65 minutes or until a pick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. You can tent the loaf pan with a large piece of foil after 40 minutes of baking to prevent the top of the pound cake from browning too fast.
Cool the pound cake on a cooling rack for 3 hours before glazing.
Lemon glazing
When the loaf is at room temperature, prepare the lemon glazing.
In a small mixing bowl, stir powdered sugar, lemon juice, soy milk, and lemon extract. The glazing must be thick and glossy. If it's too runny to your liking, stir in 1-2 extra tablespoons of powdered sugar.
Drizzle the lemon glazing on the top of the vegan lemon pound cake.
Place the pound cake in the fridge for 1 hour to set the glazing.
Storage
Store the pound cake in a sealed cake box for up to 5 days in the fridge or freeze the slices in an airtight container and thaw the day before eating.