Delicious & Simple Lemon Cake Recipe
By BakingTwins
Updated on July 15, 2025
What is lemon cake?
Lemon cake is a dense, flavorful and very popular cake. Lemon is used to provide its unique flavor to a variety of cakes, including bundt, angel food or white cakes. However, lemon cake commonly refers to loaf cake with a tighter grain and more elastic crumb, much like a pound cake.
Source
Allrecipes Test Kitchen
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 2 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
Step 1: Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
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Step 2: Beat sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until well combined.
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Step 3: Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; add to creamed mixture until incorporated.
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Step 4: Pour in milk, lemon zest, and lemon juice; mix until smooth.
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Step 5: Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
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Step 6: Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
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Step 7: Let cake cool before cutting into squares. Enjoy!
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