Lemon Cake Squares

cuisinebymae's Note:

Easy to make. Very lemony. I like these because I always have the ingredients on hand.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 40 squares

• 6 tablespoons margarine
• 1 2⁄3; cups sugar
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄3; cup lemon juice
• 2⁄3; cup sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Cream margarine and sugar.
3. Stir in eggs.
4. Stir in vanilla.
5. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
6. Stir into creamed mixture.
7. Stir in the milk until well combined.
8. Pour into a greased and floured 13"X 9"X 2" pan.
9. Bake at 350F.
10. for 25 minutes.
11. Combine lemon juice and sugar.
12. Spoon over hot cake.
13. Bake at 350F.
14. for 5 minutes.
15. Cut while still warm into squares.

Reviews

[Apostolic]

Super simple. The only thing I changed was grease and SUGAR the pan, instead of grease and flour the pan. Lovely little sparkley cake!

[LB in Middle Georgia]

YUUUMY Delicious.. I listened to every one and only put in 1 CUP of sugar and the cake was plenty sweet enough. I also used a ½ teaspoon of lemon extract in the cake mix. I will make this often it is simple and like MaeEast says most of the time these ingredients are on hand. This is a good dessert because you don’t have to wait for it to cool.. Thank you

[sparkle_eyes]

I made these for a wedding shower this weekend and got lots of compliments! They had a nice lemon flavor and were nice and moist! I made a few slight changes. I made a double batch and baked it in a 9x13, but I think it was actually too much batter (maybe 1 1/2 batch would be better). I also added lemon zest to the batter, which was a really nice touch. Finally, I cut down the sugar (my habit) to 2 cups (1 per batch). I look forward to making these again!