Easy Moist Lemon Cake Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and butter an 8-inch x 8-inch baking pan.
• Pour the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt directly into the pan, and whisk it all together well.
• In a small bowl, beat together the egg and the lemon zest.
• Using the back of a spoon, make two wells in the flour mixture.
• Pour the egg and lemon zest into one of the wells in the flour mixture.
• Pour the melted butter into the other well.
• Pour the buttermilk all over the top.
• Whisk it all together so that it's well blended. There may be a few lumps - no biggie!
• Bake for about 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Mix together the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and melted butter.
• Pour the glaze over the cooled cake.
• Cut into squares and serve with whipping cream or vanilla ice cream.