This lemon cake recipe is literally the best lemon cake recipe you will ever make. It tastes great, and is the easiest recipe ever.
If you ask me, there’s nothing quite like the bright, zesty flavor of lemon to lift your spirits and your dessert table. This lemon cake is light, tender, and bursting with fresh citrus flavor, the kind of cake that feels like a little bit of sunshine on your plate. This lemon cake recipe is everything your palate needs right now to change your dessert game.
Ingredients:
- Fresh lemon zest 2 Tsp
- Fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup
- Eggs large 2
- Powdered sugar 1 cup
- Vanilla essence 1 Tsp
- Oil 1/3 cup
- Milk 1/3 cup
- All purpose flour 1 cup
- Baking powder 1 Tsp
- Baking soda 1/4 Tsp
- Salt 1/4 Tsp
- Yellow food color 1/4 tsp
For Lemon Glaze:
Lemon juice 1/4 cup
Icing sugar 3/4 cup
- Cold milk 1 Tbs
How-to-Make:
- In a small bowl, peel some lemon zest with a grater or a peeler, and set it aside.
- Now take the lemons and squeeze out their juice in a separate bowl, to use later.
- Now that we have everything prepared, start by taking a big bowl, add the powdered sugar and lemon zest and mix them together with a spatula.
- Crack in the eggs and oil and use an electric hand mixer to beat the eggs properly.
- Now sift and pour in the flour, the baking powder, soda, and salt.
- Now add the milk and the food color, and the lemon juice and whisk properly and pour in the cake mould you have prepared.
- Bake in oven or pan for 30-45 minutes or until properly cooked.
- For the glaze, whisk the lemon juice together with the icing sugar and some cold milk properly, until the sugar is dissolved and pour over your cake once it cools down.
- Serve warm or cold depending on your preference, and enjoy this citrusy lemony goodness with tea or coffee!
