Easy Lemon Snack Cake
This easy lemon snack cake is a single layer, moist cake, loaded with fresh lemon juice and zest, and topped with a lemon sugar. It's a simple one bowl recipe that can be made in less than an hour.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest about 1 large lemon
- ¼ cup (56.75 g) butter room temperature
- 3 tablespoons neutral oil I used melted coconut
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1-2 large lemons
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt
- 1⅓ cups (186 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (120 g) buttermilk room temperature
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line the bottom of an eight inch round or square cake pan with cooking spray and parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl mix together sugar and lemon zest with fingers, allowing the zest to open up and become more fragrant. Add butter and oil. Mix on medium-high speed for about 1-2 minutes. Add eggs and lemon juice and mix again until light and fluffy.
- In a seperate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients, flour, powder, and salt. Slowly add dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk, into mixing bowl and stir until combined.
- Pour batter into your prepared cake pan.
- In a small bowl repeat the steps from above of mixing together the remaining ¼ cup of sugar with 2 teaspoons of lemon zest. Sprinkle on top of the cake.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Transfer the baking pan to a wire cooling rack and let the cake cool before cutting and serving.
Notes
Top cake with whipped cream and fresh berries, or a scoop of ice cream.
Cakes will have the best results if made with room temperature ingredients. I like to pull my eggs, buttermilk, and butter out of the fridge an hour or two before I start baking.
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.
Nutrition
Calories: 323kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 278mgPotassium: 70mgFiber: 1gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 270IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg
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