Glazed lemon cake.
You can have Glazed lemon cake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Glazed lemon cake
- It's 1/2 cup of butter.
- You need 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
- It's 1 cup of white sugar.
- You need 3 of large eggs.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of greek yoghurt.
- Prepare 2 tablespoons of lemon zest.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
- It's 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- It's 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of Glaze.
- It's 1/2 cup of icing sugar.
- You need 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
Glazed lemon cake step by step
- Preheat the oven to 162 degrees celsius. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder..
- Beat the sugar with the softened butter until fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice..
- Combine the flour mixture and greek yoghurt into the wet ingredients, alternating between the two..
- Line a greased 8x4 inch loaf pan with a baking sheet, or greased aluminum foil. Spoon the batter into the pan and smooth the top..
- Bake at 162 degrees celsius for 55-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean..
- If the top of the cake browns before the inside is cooked, cover the top tightly with aluminum foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes, checking in between..
- Remove the pan from the oven and allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes. Slide a butter knife around the edges, and lift it out of the pan using the foil or baking sheet. Place it on a wire rack to cool..
- Make the glaze: Sift half a cup of icing sugar into a bowl, and mix in 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Pour the glaze over the cake while it's still warm..
- Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing..
