Y’all didn’t know I’m a closet chef, did you? I love to cook especially in the winter time. I will try to cook anything as long as I have a recipe. Recipes are the blueprint but I’m always adding or substituting ingredients. The fun is putting the ingredients together and hoping it turns out edible. I’ve been craving a lemon cake so I decided to bake one.
Y’all, I can pretty much cook anything but cakes are always my Achilles heel. I was determined to bake a lemon cake and be able to eat it. (That’s important lol)
Lemon Cake Recipe
If you are not the next American Home Baker champion, don’t you worry because this recipe is really simple.
Lemon Cake recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1/2 t salt
- 2 1/2 t baking powder
- 1/2 cup lemon zest
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 2 T vegetable oil
- 2 t lemon extract
- 1 1/2 stick of butter
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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2. Grease and flour two 8 inch pans or a sheet cake pan.
3. In a medium-sized bowl: add dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt and lemon zest. Blend well with a whisk.
4. In another bowl, add wet ingredients: milk, vegetable oil, and lemon extract. Whisk to blend.
5. In another bowl, beat the softened butter until light in color and smooth. Gradually add the sugar and mix on medium speed 4 to 5 minutes until it is light and fluffy.
6. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until the yellow of the yolk disappears. Alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk mixture to the butter and sugar bowl. Make sure to begin and end with the flour. Mix until combined and smooth.
7. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
8. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cakes cool in the pans 10 minutes then turn out.
Notes
What’s your favorite item to bake?
I am a huge fan of lemon cake. I do not eat it much in the winter months. It seems more like a summer dessert to me. But it is definitely delicious any time of the year, and I bet it would be great at family potlucks.
I admit I am not a very good baker so I suppose it’s no surprise I had no idea about adding one egg at a time! Lemon is my weakness and lemon cake, OH YES! Thank you for your recipe and tips!
Wow, you go!! This cake looks delicious and I’m sure it taste great. Baking is my weakness but, after reading this post. I’m going to give it a try and lord I sure hope mine come out right. Lol pass me a slice with a cup of coffee plz.
Lemon anything is my favorite. Make it into a cake and I am in heaven! I will have to make this one of these days!
Ah ha ..I got a Meyer lemon tree for Christmas and wanted a new lemon recipe to try. I have a neighbor who’s known for her lemon cake. Three layers of this cake are filled and coated with lemon fresh lemon curd, and this whole thing is swaddled in shiny, fluffy swirls of Seven-Minute Frosting, which tastes like marshmallows and is incidentally, fat-free. So, so good! x
This looks so good!! Has my mouth watering. I’m gonna try to make this tomorrow evening… I hope it comes out as good as yours. 🙂
It will. I’m not the best baker and I must admit this cake turned out great.
I’ve thought about getting a lemon tree…….Are they hard to keep?
It’s my weakness as well.
Haha don’t feel bad. The more I bake the more I learn.
Ooh wow this looks so good! I love a good cake recipe, but something refreshing like this lemon cake would be a perfect addition to a holiday party menu! This is amazing, it looks so good! I definitely am going to have to try t his out! YUM!
I love any type of lemon dessert! And that looks so fluffy! Well done! Wish I could try it! It turned out so well! I could feel the tangy taste in my mouth now!