Lemon Cake
A super soft, tangy, delicious and easy to bake Lemon Cake with a super tangy Lemon Icing. You would never believe that the recipe uses no eggs.
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Butter (Softened, Room temperature)
- 1 ¼ Cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp Lemon zest
- 1 ¼ Cup Milk (Room temperature)
- 3 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cup All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
For Icing
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- 5 Tbsp Icing Sugar
Instructions
- First preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease the baking pan with butter or line with butter paper and keep aside.
- Now take a mixing bowl and all the items listed under "Dry Ingredients" and mix well until combined. You can also sieve it to get them combined evenly. Keep it aside.
- Now, in another large mixing bowl, add the room temperature butter, sugar and beat it nicely until fluffy. Add the vanilla extract, lemon zest and mix well. Now add the room temperature milk to the bowl and beat well until combined.
- Now transfer the prepared dry ingredients to the wet ingredients little by little and fold it until it gets combined. Do not beat it.
- Finally add the lemon juice and fold it to get mixed. Your batter will get slightly fluffy with the baking soda reacting with the lemon.
- Pour the prepared batter into the greased baking pan upto ¾ th of its height. Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and Let it cool down completely to room temperature before glazing.
- For the glaze, mix the lemon juice and icing sugar together until combined well. Drizzle it over the lemon cake until covered.
- Slice and enjoy the soft and tangy lemon cake.
Notes | FAQ
- Do not over beat the cake mixture, the cake will not come out soft.
- Adjust the cooking time based on the size of cake pan and oven setting. The best method is to insert a toothpick at the center and if doesn't come out clean, you can bake for some more time. My small pan was done in 30 mins and the larger once in 35 mins.
- The same cake can be made Vegan easily. Just substitute regular milk with non-dairy milk and butter with a flavorless oil.
- Lemon Glaze adds a nice zing to the cake and I would strongly recommend not to skip it. Also, adjust the lemon juice quantity and icing sugar quantity to achieve your desired level of tanginess and sweetness.
