Lovely Lemon Cake {recipe} |Keeping it Real

Monday, March 6, 2017

Lovely Lemon Cake {recipe}

This is a lovely cake indeed. It's easy to make and turns out beautiful every time. And because I love anything with lemon, it's one of my favorites.


Lovely Lemon Cake recipe


The darker spots effect adds a bit of flair to an otherwise very simple cake, and it's achieved with a "partial" crumble. Let me explain it to you below.



Lovely Lemon Cake recipe


Ingredients for the cake: 
  • 1 1/2 cups of flour 
  • 1 egg
  • 1 large lemon (zest + juice)
  • 3/4 cup of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder 
  • 1 Greek yogurt
Ingredients for the crumble (optional): 
  • 1/2 cup of flour
  • 1/4 cup of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
I used a 24 x 24 cm cake pan, because I like this cake more on the thin side, so these quantities only allow for the "partial" crumble I mentioned before. If you want a full crumble with a similar sized cake pan, just double the amounts. 
 

Lovely Lemon Cake recipe


Instructions:
  • Mix all ingredients of the cake together. I'm a practical girl, so I don't bother a lot with a specific order in which to add the ingredients, though out of habit for this cake I usually start with the egg and the sugar and end with the lemon zest and the lemon juice.
  • Line a cake pan with a sheet of greased parchment paper and pour the cake batter into it

Lovely Lemon Cake recipe


  • In a separate bowl, mix the ingredients for the crumble until you have, literally, small crumbs of butter covered in flour and sugar

Lovely Lemon Cake recipe

  • Spread little clumps of the crumble here and there over the cake batter (if you're going for a full crumble, spread it evenly over the batter)
  • Bake at 200ยบ C for about 30 minutes until it turns a nice golden color. 

Lovely Lemon Cake recipe

  • Cut into squares and serve.
(obviously, the square shaped slices are optional, but with this cake I think they work quite well)

Lovely Lemon Cake recipe


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In this recipe I have tried to adjust amounts to cups instead of grams, to make it easier for everyone, since in previous posts I had a few people asking about conversions. Hopefully this time it will work for everyone, but if you still have questions, just let me know.

For a printable (pdf) version of the recipe, click the image below: 




Happy Monday,
 
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14 comments:

  1. This cake looks delicious! I used to avoid lemon, but here recently I have been enjoying it. So I will have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing! Going to pin it :)

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  2. I love lemon cakes! I can't wait to give this one a try.

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  3. This does sound lovely! I love anything with lemon and I'm going to have to try your lemon cake recipe...yumm!

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  4. Teresa, Thanks for sharing your lemon cake recipe! Looks amazing! Pinning.

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    1. Thank you Laurie, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

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  5. This cake looks amazing. I love anything with lemons.
    Thank you for sharing your wonderful post at #OverTheMoon. I look forward to what you will share next week! Do something special. Give yourself a standing ovation today! We hope you’ll come back again next Sunday when we open our doors at 6:00 PM EST. Pinned.
    Hugs,
    Bev

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    1. Thank you Bev. These past few weeks have been terribly busy, but I'll how up for the next party for sure!

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  6. I'm running behind!! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe on last week's What's for Dinner link up!

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  7. I love lemons too, especially in cake. This one looks and sounds lovely. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

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