I’ve always felt like eating muffins for breakfast is like a good excuse to eat cake for breakfast. They’re pretty much the same thing, wouldn’t you agree? So these lemon pound cake muffins are a delicious lemon pound cake baked in a muffin tin for individual treats. They’re topped with a sweet and simple lemon glaze. They’re not quite as heavy as traditional pound cake, but they do have a more dense texture than traditional muffins.

How to make Lemon Pound Cake Muffins:

Butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, lemon extract and sour cream are mixed together to combine with flour, baking soda and salt. The batter is spooned into a muffin pan, and the muffins bake for about 15 minutes. Then you’ll set them aside to cool for a few minutes.

Supplies needed for baking these muffins:

You have a choice with these muffins. You can either bake them in a muffin tin to make traditional muffins. Or you can use a mini loaf pan to bake them into mini pound cake loaves. Use a hand juicer to juice your lemons. A zester is helpful to have on hand for adding lemon zest to the glaze.

The glaze:

The glaze for lemon pound cake muffins is a simple blend of powdered sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice. You can also add a little lemon zest to the glaze, if you’d like. Set your muffins on some waxed paper, or put a baking sheet under the cooling rack. Then drizzle the glaze onto the muffins.

Be generous with the glaze. It adds a sweet crust to the tops of the muffins!

These lemon pound cake muffins are the perfect sweet addition to breakfast. But they are also a nice, sweet, portion-sized snack to enjoy for dessert. 

Store these muffins at room temperature in a sealed container for a couple of days. If you freeze them, just make sure they are in a well-sealed container, and take them out to serve as you wish. Enjoy!

Here are a few more muffin recipes you might like to try:

Orange Mini Muffins Blueberry Cinnamon Muffins Brown Sugar Banana Muffins Low Fat Strawberry Cinnamon Muffins Triple Chocolate Muffins Lemon Blueberry Muffins Almond Poppy Seed Muffins Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins