This best lemon cake recipe is perfect for picnics and parties. It's moist and soft.
Ingredients
- white sugar: 1 cup
- butter: 0.5 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 2 tsp
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- ¾ teaspoons baking powder: 1 piece
- milk: 0.75 cup
- lemon zest: 1 Tbsp
- lemon juice: 1 Tbsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
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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. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios.
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Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; add to creamed mixture until incorporated. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios.
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Pour in milk, lemon zest, and lemon juice; mix until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios.
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Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios.
