Moist lemon cake
Description
The recipe won’t take much time. A moist lemon cake made with this recipe turns out very soft, airy, and almost weightless. If you like simple, delicious homemade baking, this cake recipe is clearly for you. Try making it—it’s very tasty and easy.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all ingredients; they should be at room temperature.
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Step 2
Crack the chicken eggs into a bowl and add the sugar. Beat with a mixer until pale.
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Step 3
Pour the vegetable oil and milk into the beaten eggs. Mix again.
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Step 4
Add the juice and zest of one lemon.
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Step 5
Add the sifted flour and baking powder.
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Step 6
Mix until the dough is smooth.
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Step 7
Transfer the dough to a parchment-lined cake pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30–35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
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Step 8
Remove the finished cake from the oven and let it cool. Decorate as you wish. You can pour over a syrup made from lemon juice, sugar, and water, or drizzle with a glaze made from lemon juice and icing sugar. To help the syrup or glaze soak into the cake, pierce the cake all over with a skewer.
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Step 9
Cool the cake and serve.
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Step 10
Ready. Serve at the table.