Dessert
Easy Lemon Cake
1 h 5 minServes 10Nutri-Score D€€
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1 h 5 min
1 h 5 minEasy Lemon Cake
what you need
Ingredients
all-purpose flour (sifted)Grains250 g
baking powderPantry10 g
saltSpices3 g
butter (softened)Dairy180 g
sugarPantry200 g
eggs (at room temperature)Dairy3 pieces
lemon zest (zested)Produce2 pieces- lemon juice (freshly squeezed)Produce60 ml
milkDairy120 ml- powdered sugar (sifted, for the glaze)Pantry120 g
per serving
Nutrition
325kcal
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Proteins
- 4 g
- Fat
- 17 g
what you’ll use
Tools
Mixing bowl ×2
Whisk
Loaf pan
Oven
Grater
step by step
Method
- Step 1
Preheat and prepare the pan
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- Grease and line a loaf pan.
- Step 2
Mix the dry ingredients
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Step 3
Cream butter and sugar
- Beat the softened butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Add the lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Step 4
Make the batter
- Fold the dry ingredients into the butter mixture alternately with the milk until smooth.
- Step 5
Bake the cake
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and smooth the top.
- Bake until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan, then turn out onto a rack.
- Step 6
Glaze and serve
- Mix the powdered sugar with a little lemon juice to a pourable glaze.
- Drizzle over the cooled cake and let set.