Thank you John! That sounds so delicious! I always love a fresh lemon dessert myself!

Seed power really does work when the tree grows in ground. I am guessing your tree is in ground by the sight of your 20 foot step ladder top in front.

6b Steve

Steve, LOL!, the ladder isn't 20-foot but, yes, in the ground. The Ponderosa's native roots apparently are well-suited to my poorly drained clay soil. The soil does dry out during the summer but it's soggy during the wet season.

Here are some photos of the cake in the making.

I used 100% whole wheat flour instead of the all-purpose called for...I increased the leavening a tad and increased the lemon juice a tad to hopefully compensate for the heavier flour. By the way, I highly recommend using two separate measuring cups for the lemon juice in the recipe! Put 1/2 cup in one for the cake and 1/2 cup in another for the lemon syrup drizzle.....same goes for the sugar.

Here are the ingredients. Oh, another modification I made in this run was to blend some satsuma orange juice I already had on hand with the lemon juice.

And the cake pans just before going into the oven for an hour. The raw batter smells so good, I promise you will want to dive in :>)

Thanks John! I want to see the finished product!!

Finished product!

This after spooning the lemon syrup over the loaves. Don't be too shy with the lemon syrup....flip the loaves over and spoon a little over the bottoms too. It should soak into the loaf, not just be a surface sheen.

This is great with whipped cream or a dip of ice cream.

Yum!!! Too bad we are not neighbors ;-). I would have invited myself over! I will try that one next. I have to get the lemons off my Meyer tree so he can use the energy towards all the little ones he's trying to grow now.

LOL! I really wish I could share with my more northern friends. I can't really grow apples and cherries here so I guess it all comes out in the wash.

I also need to do the same for a little meyer I have. I traded a fig tree for it a year or two ago. It had been in a nursery pot for a long time and has this really thick trunk but only has lots of spindly branches since it was pruned back frequently. I let it grow a few lemons this year but it needs some growing time.

It's really a different topic I guess but since we are on meyers now, here it is. Think I should selectively prune off some of the lower branches next spring so the upper branches will grow more or will it just sprout more branches? It's not in the best location here under a pecan tree but I'm running out of full sun locations. Johnm may want to chime in!

Oh, Laura, if we were neighbors, I would invite myself over when your DH is playing sax....is there a concerto for sax and mandolin?

Citrus yumminess :) So cold outside here. Need to make my self hot cup of lemon tea.

I agree about the cold. John, those look absolutely delicious... Just thinking about that and some cold lemonade is killing me. :) I've never seen buttermilk made with lemons before, but it makes sense!

John, you could bring over cake, and my kids and husband would provide the entertainment. I'm their manager and marketing rep. They're going to pay for college with their iTunes and Spotify profits;-)

Now THAT sounds like a good plan! You already sound like a great manager but looks like the profits are going into grow lighting :>P

Kos If you want to grow lemons in zone 8a go to

Just Fruits and Exotics

They will groiw in 9a

Thank you,but there is no way to find that variety where I live only Eurekas and meyers

kos, I see ponderosa lemons in local nurseries in my area but they may not have a supplier near you. You might be able to order through an online source. Some of the folks here can guide you to their favorite online citrus source.

I covered my trees when the temps dipped into the twenties and then had to uncover them on days when the sun would be too hot under the tarps. We have nights in the twenties and the next day can be too hot for a tree under a tarp. Who knows if I HAD to cover them when they were little but it worked. Now most of my trees are too big to cover so they will live if they live.

I think folks around here grow meyers too so you should be able to grow a meyer if you cover it when it dips below freezing. I don't think it's the low temperature that counts as much as how long it stays there.

John,

I wouldn't prune your Meyer unless the fruit touches the ground. The fruit bends the branches down and you will get new sprouts going up. BTW that lemon cake, like lemon pound cake is soooo good, if you cut a slice and pour a little Mayancello over it....same with a dark chocolate cake; but don't confuse that with traditional limoncello.. not the same world

Thanks for the non-pruning suggestion Johnmerr. It got to the state it's in because of too much pruning but it looks so "shaggy" now with all the short twigs branching out all over.

I saw your Mayancello post in the other discussion. Sure is a nice presentation for the product. Just curious, how many gallons of juice do you produce in a year? Do you compost your peels/pith to put back in your orchards or is there a mold/disease concern with that in a commercial application?

Thank you John I will give it a shot.

Adding a "serving suggestion" photo since I recently pulled one of the cakes from the freezer.

How on earth did I ever miss this! I think I was really busy during the Thanksgiving holiday, plus I was knocked out of commission for a few days when a heavy wall cabinet crashed down on the side of my head. Ughh.. that hurt! Lol.. Much better now though.. :)

John, this lemon loaf cake looks so good! Thank you for the recipe. Mmm..

Just a tip: When I make citrus loaf cakes, after taking them out of the oven, let cool a bit, then I poke holes in the top with a big fork and pour the glaze over top. It seeps in pretty good.

Thanks jenni.....it is a bit of a challenge to get the syrup to soak in to the top.

I made the cake on Sunday. It was delicious! I had extra juice, so I just made more glaze and because I decreased the amount of powdered sugar in it, it soaked into the cake...incredible! We pretty much ate one loaf after it came out of the oven, then left the other to cool...well, my dog ate part of it...thief! I was soooo mad! Luckily she did not seem to like it enough to eat the whole thing. I cut off the chewed part and we ate the rest ;-)

Jinny, that's what I did. Poked holes with toothpick...the runny syrup soaked right in.

I'm sure glad you and yours enjoyed the cake Laura. Sounds like your dog also has a taste for citrus :>)

That slice I had this morning with ice cream sure was good!

I'm currently cooking down what I hope will be mandarin jam. It's been cooking for about an hour and a half now and is showing some minor signs it may jell for me. It tastes bland and is only around 118F so I'm still cooking.