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The Easiest Lemon Cake Recipe - Just One Bowl!

Agnes Hsu
This easy lemon cake recipe can be whipped up in one bowl and has fresh simple ingredients and zest from fresh lemons, butter, eggs and flour. 
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Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 1/2 Cups of flour
  • 1 Cup of sugar
  • 1/2 Cup (1 stick) melted butter, cooled
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 Tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 TBSP fresh lemon juice
  • 1 TBSP fresh lemon zest
  • 3/4 Cup milk (microwave for 20-30 seconds to take the chill out)

Icing

  • 1 Cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 Tsp fresh lemon juice (until you reach drizzling consistency)

Instructions
 

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    2. Use nonstick baking spray to coat your mini bundt cake pan or regular large bundt pan.
    3. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Combine butter, eggs, milk lemon juice and zest until you get a nice thick batter.
    4. Pour into your mini bundt cke pan and bake for 15-18 minutes until the tops spring back. If using a regular size bundt pan bake for 35-40 minutes.
    Take the cakes out of the pan when cooled and drizzel icing over. Cake is best stored at room temperature for one day then moved to the refrigerator to preserve shelf life for 2-3 more days, covere and wrapped in plastic.

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