The Ultimate Lemon Cake
The Ultimate Lemon Cake is a moist, tender cake bursting with fresh lemon flavor. It delivers a rich citrus taste and a soft crumb. The batter comes together easily in one bowl, making it perfect for beginners. This cake is Ideal for spring gatherings, afternoon tea, or any time you crave a light and refreshing dessert.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 and 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1/2 tsp vanilla powder
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 125 g yogurt
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp orange zest optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven on 180°C , prepare the cake mold by grease it with butter and cover with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl mix eggs with sugar and vanilla until the mixture light in color, and suga dissolve in eggs. Add lemon juice, yogurt and oil. Give the batter a quick mix.
- In another bowl sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add lemon zest and orange zest to flour or take one tbsp of the flour and cover the zest with.
- To the eggs mixture, add the half dry ingredients and whisk until well combined, then add the remain dry ingredients, whisk all together until you have a smooth cake batter.
- With a spatula, give cake mixture a quick mix to ensure there no lumps or anything left over bottom.
- Pour cake batter in your prepared cake mold.
- Bake in a preheated oven 180°C for 55 minutes.
- When out of oven, remove from mold and remove parchment paper and let the cake cool on a wire rack before serve it.