# Lemon Streusel Cake

A taste of lemon in every slice of this yummy lemon streusel cake.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 0.75 cup caster sugar
- 0.5 cup buttermilk
- 0.5 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, lightly whisked
- 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
- 1.5 tbsp lemon zest
- 1 cup plain flour
- 0.66 cup caster sugar
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 85 g unsalted butter, melted
- 75 g icing sugar
- 1.5 tbsp lemon juice

## Instructions

1. Place a strainer over a bowl.
2. Add 2 cups of plain flour to the strainer.
3. Add 1 tsp of baking powder to the flour.
4. Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda to the flour.
5. Add 1/4 tsp of salt to the flour.
6. Sift the dry ingredients into the bowl.
7. Add 3/4 cup of caster sugar to the bowl.
8. Mix the dry ingredients with a spoon.
9. In a separate bowl, add 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
10. Add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil to the buttermilk.
11. Add 2 lightly whisked eggs to the mixture.
12. Add 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice to the mixture.
13. Add 1 1/2 tbsp of lemon zest to the mixture.
14. Whisk the wet ingredients until well combined.
15. Pour the wet mixture into the flour mixture.
16. Mix the batter with a spatula until smooth.
17. Pour the batter into a 24 cm square pan lined with parchment paper.
18. Spread the batter evenly in the pan with a spatula.
19. For the lemon streusel, add 1 cup of plain flour to a bowl.
20. Add 2/3 cup of caster sugar to the flour.
21. Add 1/4 tsp of salt to the sugar and flour.
22. Add 1 tbsp of lemon zest to the mixture.
23. Mix the dry streusel ingredients with a fork.
24. Pour 85 g of melted unsalted butter into the streusel mixture.
25. Mix the streusel ingredients with a fork until crumbly.
26. Sprinkle the streusel mixture evenly over the cake batter.
27. Place the pan in the oven.
28. Bake at 170 degrees Celsius in a convection oven for 25 minutes.
29. Remove the cake from the oven and place it on a cooling rack.
30. For the lemon sugar icing, add 75 g of icing sugar to a bowl.
31. Add 1 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice to the icing sugar.
32. Mix the icing until smooth.
33. Pour the lemon sugar icing into a piping bag.
34. Drizzle the lemon sugar icing over the baked cake.
35. Cut the lemon streusel cake into squares.
36. Serve a slice of lemon streusel cake on a plate.

## Equipment

- strainer
- bowl
- spoon
- whisk
- spatula
- 24 cm square pan
- oven
- oven mitts
- cooling rack
- knife
- spatula
- fork

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17sTRs8m25/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/097718e6-68a9-4a8d-992d-7aae618c2a73
- Extracted: 2025-12-26

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