# Lemon Cake

A soft and fluffy lemon cake with a lemon icing.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Total time: 60 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 cup sour cream
- 1 lemon zest
- 0.5 lemon juice
- 0.5 cup powdered sugar
- 2 lemon juice
- 1.5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp milk or water

## Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 320 Fahrenheit. Grease and line a loaf pan.
2. Cream together room temperature butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add in whole eggs one at a time.
4. In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients.
5. Alternate dry ingredients and sour cream into the wet ingredients.
6. Gently mix in lemon zest and lemon juice.
7. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
8. Bake at 320 Fahrenheit for 50-60 minutes. Check if it's done with a toothpick.
9. While the cake is baking, mix lemon juice and powdered sugar to make a lemon syrup.
10. Make lemon icing by combining lemon juice, powdered sugar and milk or water.
11. Once the cake is done, let it cool for 5 minutes.
12. Pour lemon syrup evenly on the cake while it's still warm. Poke holes for better soaking if desired.
13. Let the cake cool completely, then pour icing on top.
14. Slice and enjoy! Store in the fridge.

## Equipment

- oven
- loaf pan
- mixer
- measuring cups
- spatula
- toothpick

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2qPA3k4/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6ae6c9dd-7757-439c-87bf-a09e0e457acd
- Extracted: 2025-03-13

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