Double-lemon Cake
photo by treehug
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
- 709.77 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 4.92 ml kosher salt
- 236.59 ml unsalted butter, softened
- 394.39 ml sugar, divided
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 59.14 ml lemon juice
- 78.78 ml lemon juice
- 5 lemons, zest of, grated
- 236.59 ml sour cream, room temperature
directions
- Heat oven to 325º.
- Butter a 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- Cream butter with an electric mixer.
- Add 1 cup sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in the quarter-cup lemon juice and the zest of 3 lemons.
- Add the flour mixture and sour cream alternately, mixing well with a rubber spatula.
- Scrape into buttered pan and bake 60-70 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the thickest part comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn cake out onto a plate.
- Combine remaining 1/3 cup of lemon juice and 2/3 cup sugar in small saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the sugar has dissolved.
- Stir in remaining zest.
- Prick the cake all over with a long skewer.
- Spoon or brush the glaze over the entire cake.
- Cool completely before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CCLady
San Diego, California