Community Pick
Ma's Lemon Cake
photo by Diana 2
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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CAKE
- 1 (18 ounce) box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
- 4 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup Wesson Oil
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon lemon flavoring
- 1 (3 ounce) package lemon Jell-O gelatin
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ICING
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoons lemon juice
directions
- Ignore the directions on the cake mix box.
- Place the yellow cake mix, eggs, oil, water, lemon flavoring, and lemon gelatin in a large bowl. Stir until well mixed.
- Transfer your batter to a well greased bundt pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.
- Turn it upside down onto your platter.
- While the cake is cooking whisk the powdered sugar and lemon juice for the icing; and pour it on hot.
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Reviews
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I've been making this cake since I got the recipe from a co-worker in 1964. Long time family favorite. My tweaks have been to use fresh lemon juice and the zest from the lemon in the glaze. I also poke holes in the cake with a bamboo skewer prior to pouring the glaze over the cake to help it soak in better. Works very well as a 9" x 13" cake as well as the Bundt style, just adjust the baking time.
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This has been my kids' favorite since they were little, and they're all grown up now with many kids of their own. They ALL still ask for it often. Now one of my daughters has taken over the baking traditions and she makes the cake when it's demanded. We have always used one tablespoon of lemon extract in the recipe. In fact whenever I write it down for anyone I always add (yes, that's ONE TABLESPOON) because it is questioned so often. Other than that, the only other thing different is that the icing is broiled on. You mix the powdered sugar together with the lemon juice, poke a few small holes in the top of the cake, pour the icing all over the top, and watch it as it goes under the broiler for a little less than a minute. When you see little bubbles all over the cake top you quickly take it out of the oven and allow it to cool. It's wonderful with a very good vanilla ice cream!
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I made this for dessert Christmas day. Fantastic, and actually quite light. I baked it in a silicone Kugelhuph pan, and for some strange reason it took an additional 25 minutes. Not sure why though. In any case, that certainly won't stop me from making this one again. The flavour was perfect and the glaze created such a wonderful coating. I'm thinking I might also try adding a cup of chopped fresh cranberries next time. I'll keep you posted.:) Thanks celestial star.....what a find this recipe was.
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Tweaks
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Excellent. I mistakenly bought a lemon cake instead of yellow but it was still great! It was tangy, with the perfect sweet touch. I didn't have powdered sugar so I made a simple syrup with regular sugar and lemon juice, boiled to dissolve the sugar. I used applesauce instead of oil. I poured it over the cake while it was still hot and the put the whole thing in the fridge overnight. Very moist too. Perfect spring dessert. Found it just in time for Easter. Hit with the kids and the adults! Thanks so much for sharing. This is a keeper!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
celestial_star03
United States