Best Tender Lemon Cake Recipes

TENDER IRISH TEA CAKE / LEMON GLAZED

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Spray the bottom of a 9 inch bread pan with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• 2. Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together on medium speed with a mixer.
• 3. Add eggs one at a time making sure that each is completely incorporated before adding the next.
• 4. Mix in the cream cheese until well blended.
• 5. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• 6. Take 1/4 cup of the flour mixture and mix in with the raisins to completely coat them.
• 7. Add a small amount of the flour mixture into the batter and alternate with the buttermilk until both are incorporated.
• 8. Mix the raisins into the batter with a spatula.
• 9. Pour the batter into the sprayed bread pan and place into the preheated oven. Bake between 1 hour 10 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes, depending how fast your oven bakes. Mine was done in 1 hour 10 minutes. Or until, pick comes out clean.
• 10. While the cake is baking, combine the lemon juice with the powdered sugar to make a glaze.
• 11. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to rest for 10 minutes. Then remove the cake from the pan and transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 12. When the cake is still warm, glaze the top with the lemon juice glaze and allow it to cool.

TENDER LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Arrange racks in center of oven and pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 6-by-2-inch round baking pans. Line with parchment; butter; dust with flour.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. With electric mixer, beat butter on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 4 minutes. Add sugar; beat well. Reduce speed to medium; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Reduce speed to low; alternately add flour and buttermilk, starting and ending with flour. Stir in zest.
• Pour batter into pans; bake, rotating halfway through, until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool in pans on rack 15 minutes. Remove; let cool completely right side up on rack.

TENDER LEMON CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8 1/2" maryann pan. 2) To make the cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. 3) Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the juice and then the eggs one at a time, scraping the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl and beating well after each. The mixture may look somewhat curdled, but will smooth out with the addition of flour. 4) Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the milk. 5) Pour into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. 6) Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until it springs back when lightly pressed. Remove from the oven and let cool 5 minutes before turning it out onto a cooling rack. 7) To make the glaze: While the cake is baking, make the glaze. Combine lemon or orange juice and sugar over low heat (or in the microwave), stirring often, until sugar is dissolved. Don't let it boil. Let glaze cool slightly before using. 8) Brush glaze over warm cake, allowing it time to sink into the cake. Cool completely before filling with cream or pudding, and topping with fruit.