Lemon

Lemon cake

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November 27, 2012
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1 Ratings
Lemon cake
  • Makes 9 inch round cake
Author Notes

A tangy and delicious moist lemon cake.
Easy to bake.
Garnish with icing sugar and/or whipped cream and fresh raspberries. —myfoodpassion

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 1 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup salted butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 Lemon, zest and juice
  • 3/4 cup All-purpose flour, sifted
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F Butter a 9 inch round baking pan. Melt butter and set aside. Grate zest of the lemon. Pour eggs and sugar into a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix until pale and fluffy. Add vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice. Then pour in melted butter. Mix carefully. Sift in flour and with a wooden spoon mix flour into the batter with big movements. Its important that air remains in the batter. Pour batter in the baking pan and bake for 25-30 min until done. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack.
  2. Garnish: Sprinke with icing sugar Whipped cream and fresh raspberries (optional).
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1 Review

John
John January 6, 2020
Very disappointing! After following the recipe precisely it didn’t work. It was flat, had no rise at all and fell apart when trying to take it out of the tin.