Jos Fresh Lemon Cake Recipes

SIMPLE LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; add to creamed mixture. Pour in milk, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix until you achieve a smooth batter. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

JO'S FRESH LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream together the butter and 1 cup of sugar in a bowl until the mixtue is light and fluffy, then beat in the eggs 1 at a time, beating until the mixture is smooth. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, mix. Stir the mixture into the egg mixture alternately with the milk. Stir until the mixture is just combined. Stir in 2 t. zest and if you are adding nuts mix them in now. Pour batter into 9X5 loaf pan that has been buttered. Bake in a 350 Degree F oven for 1 hour or until a tester comes out clean. When the cake has baked, transfer the cake to a wire rack and with a long toothpick poke it all over. In a small bowl stir together the ramaining 1/4 cup sugar and remaining zest, pour this mixture over the hot cake and let it cool.

LEMON MAGIC CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F degrees. Grease a 8 inch x 8 inch baking dish or line it with parchment paper.
• Separate eggs and add the egg whites to a mixer and mix until egg whites are stiff. Place egg whites in a bowl and set aside.
• Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until light. Add butter and vanilla extract and continue beating for another minute or two after which you can add the flour and mix it in until fully incorporated.
• Add lemon juice and lemon zest then slowly start adding the milk and beat until everything is well mixed together. Add the egg whites, a third at a time and gently fold them in using a spatula or a whisk, repeat until all egg whites are folded in, but there should still be white bits of egg whites floating in the batter.
• Pour batter into baking dish and bake for 40 to 70 minutes or until the top is lightly golden and the cake is firm to the touch. The baking time could vary greatly depending on the oven, so take a peek at around 40 minutes and see how it looks.
• Sprinkle some powdered sugar after cake has cooled.

LEMON CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 8-inch cake pans, tapping out excess flour.
• Whisk flour, lemon zest, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat eggs and egg yolks, 1 at a time, into creamed butter mixture on low speed, beating well after each addition before adding the next. Beat lemon juice into butter mixture. Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, into butter mixture until batter is just combined. Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake pulls away from sides of pan, 32 to 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of pan and invert cake onto a wire rack to cool.