Ina Garten's Lemon Cake

10 INGREDIENTS • 9 STEPS • 50MINS

Ina Garten's Lemon Cake

This Lemon Cake is surprisingly simple! Make sure to zest the lemon before you juice it, since it's very difficult to zest a cut lemon.

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This Lemon Cake is surprisingly simple! Make sure to zest the lemon before you juice it, since it's very difficult to zest a cut lemon.

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50MINS

Total Time

Ingredients

Servings

12

us / metric

2 sticks

Butter

1 cup

2 cups

Granulated Sugar

4

Eggs, room temperature

5

Lemons, zested, juiced

1/3 cup zest, 1/4 cup juice

3/4 cup

Milk

1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

3 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1/2 tsp

Baking Powder

1/2 tsp

Baking Soda

1 tsp

Salt

Nutrition Per Serving

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Calories

253

Fat

0.6 g

Protein

3.8 g

Carbs

58.1 g

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Cooking Instructions

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step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 degrees C).

step 2

Into the bowl of a stand mixer, add Butter (2 sticks) and Granulated Sugar (2 cups). Mix until smooth.

step 3

In a mixing bowl, sift together All-Purpose Flour (3 cups), Baking Powder (1/2 tsp), Baking Soda (1/2 tsp), in Salt (1 tsp). In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup of juice from the Lemons (5) and Milk (3/4 cup).

step 4

Into the stand mixer, add Eggs (4) one at a time. Mix until smooth.

step 5

Add Vanilla Extract (1 tsp) and 1/3 cup of lemon zest. Mix until well combined.

step 6

Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients, followed by 1/2 of the milk and lemon juice mixture. Repeat until all ingredients are incorporated.

step 7

Transfer the batter into two 7 by 11-inch greased baking tins.

step 8

Bake for 40-45 minutes. Allow cakes to cool.

step 9

Frost cake as desired, making sure they're completely cooled before frosting or it will melt.

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