Lemon Cake Recipes

Cake is one of the desserts that are liked by people of all the age groups. Right from a small kid to mature adult to an old man, almost every one loves to indulge their sweet tooth in a cake. With the wide variety available in cakes today, you can even be sure that you will never ever get tired of having them. One of the most popular cakes is the lemon cake, which has a lot of fresh tart flavor. Want to try it at home? If yes, then go through the recipes given below and know how to make delicious lemon cakes.

How To Make Lemon Cake

Recipe 1

Ingredients

Nonstick Spray or Shortening
2 cups All-purpose Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
1 cup Sugar
4 large Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Lemon (zest - only the yellow part)

Instructions

In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
Take a separate bowl and put butter and sugar in it.
Cream the butter and sugar together, till they become light and fluffy.
Into the butter-sugar mixture, beat in one egg at a time, mixing well.
Add vanilla extract, lemon juice and lemon zest. Mix well.
Pour the flour mixture into the butter mixture and stir thoroughly.
Place an oven rack in center position and preheat the oven to 350^oF.
In the meantime, grease the cake pan with nonstick spray or shortening.
Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and grease it well.
Pour the cake batter in the greased pan and even it out with a spatula.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

Recipe 2

Ingredients

2 Lemons (juice)
4 Eggs
1 cup Self-rising Flour
1 cup Butter
3 tbsp Icing Sugar
1 cup Sugar

Instructions

Sift the self-rising flour well, put into a bowl and set aside.
First of all, put the butter in a bowl and add 3 tbsp of icing sugar
Cream the butter and sugar together.
Add sifted flour and beaten eggs to butter-sugar mixture, alternatively.
Place an oven rack in center position and preheat the oven to 400^oF.
In the meantime, grease the cake pan with nonstick spray or shortening.
Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and grease it.
Pour the cake batter in the greased pan and even it out with a spatula.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
In the meantime, boil sugar and lemon juice together and mix well.
After the cake is ready, remove it from oven and keep on a plate.
Pour the lemon mixture on top of the cake, let it cool down and serve.

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