Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake: I always like the taste of lemon. So a lemon flavored cake is always in my bucket list, but never actually did it for no reason. Last week we happened to buy a bunch of fresh lemon from our nearby farmers market. So finally I made lemon cake. This lemon cake is so moist with fragrance of fresh lemon and the tanginess from lemon zest. It is so perfect for me. Hope you all like it.

Lemon Cake

Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:40 min
Serves:5-6

Recipe source:here

Ingredients needed: 

For Cake:
1 1/3 cup All purpose flour
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
4 tbsp milk
1 tbsp lemon zest
11/2 tsp Baking powder
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence(Optional)

For Syrup:
2 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup confectioners sugar

For Glaze:
1 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup confectioners sugar

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease the baking pan(I used loaf pan) with butter and dust with flour and set aside.
Sieve or mix together he dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar using a hand mixer until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
Add vanilla essence and lemon zest and mix well.
Fold in  half of the flour mixture then add milk and finish off with rest of the flour mixture.
Pour the batter to the prepared baking pan and bake for 40 mins  till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
For the syrup:
Add lemon juice and sugar in a sauce pan and whisk in low heat til the sugar dissolves.
As soon as the cake is out of the oven make holes with toothpick and soak the cake in this syrup by brushing it all over the cake.
For the glaze:
Mix lemon juice and sugar til smooth and white.
Drizzle or spread the glaze on top of the cake.

Notes:

Adjust the amount of sugar and lemon juice in the syrup and glaze as per your taste.