Easy & Delicious Lemon Cake🍰🍋
Looking for a simple and delicious dessert? This Easy Lemon Cake is soft, moist, and full of fresh lemon flavor. 🍰✨
Made with simple ingredients and ready in less than an hour, it’s the perfect treat for breakfast, afternoon tea, or a sweet moment with family and friends. ☕💛
Let’s bake something delicious! 👩🍳🍋
🛒 Ingredients:
.Flour: 2 1/2 cups (all-purpose flour)
.Eggs: 3 (at room temperature)
.Sugar: 1 cup
.Oil: 1/2 cup
.Lemon juice: 1/2 cup
.Lemon zest: 1 whole lemon
.Milk or yogurt: 1/2 cup milk (or 1 vanilla yogurt)
.Baking powder: 2 sachets (16g)
.Vanilla extract: 1 sachet (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
.A pinch of salt
Preparation Steps
1️⃣/ Preheat the oven 🕯️:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a cake pan with butter and dust it lightly with flour to prevent sticking.
2️⃣/ Beat the eggs and sugar:
In a deep bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar, vanilla, and salt using an electric (or hand) mixer until the mixture turns white and creamy.
3️⃣/ Add the liquids:
Gradually add the oil while continuously beating, then add the milk (or yogurt), lemon zest, and lemon juice. Mix the ingredients lightly.
4️⃣/ Add the dry ingredients: Sift the flour and baking powder together and gradually add them to the mixture in two or three batches. Stir with a wooden spoon or spatula from the bottom up until the flour is incorporated and you achieve the desired consistency.
5️⃣/ Bake: Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
❌Avoid opening the oven during the first 25 minutes to ensure the cake rises properly.
Finally, check for doneness: Insert a wooden skewer into the center of the cake; if it comes out clean, the cake is fully baked. Let it cool slightly before removing it from the pan.
Cream Ingredients
.1 cup water
.1/2 cup lemon juice
.4 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
.2 tablespoons cornstarch
Zest of 1 lemon
.(Optional) 1 drop yellow food coloring for a brighter color
Preparation Instructions:
1/Mixing: In a saucepan, combine the water, lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch. Mix well while cold until the cornstarch is completely dissolved.
2/Cooking: Place the saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and becomes translucent and creamy.
3/Adding: Remove from heat and add the lemon zest (and yellow food coloring, if desired), and mix well.
Let it cool slightly, then pour it over the cake while it’s still warm so it spreads easily.
