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Double-Lemon Cake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups 187g / 6.6ozCake flour
1 teaspoon 5mlBaking soda
1 teaspoon 5mlKosher salt
1 cup 198g / 7ozUnsalted butter - softened
1 2/3 cups 329g / 11ozSugar - divided
4   Eggs - room temperature
1/4 cup 59mlFreshly-squeezed lemon juice - plus
1/3 cup 78mlFreshly-squeezed lemon juice
  Grated zest of 5 large lemons - divided
1 cup 237mlSour cream - room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 10-inch tube pan. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and stir to blend. Set aside.

Cream the butter with an electric mixer. Add 1 cup of the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.

Beat in 1/4 cup lemon juice and the zest of 3 lemons. Stir in the flour mixture and sour cream alternately, mixing with a rubber spatula until completely blended. Scrape into the prepared pan.

Bake 60 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a serving plate.

Combine the remaining 1/3 cup lemon juice and the remaining 2/3 cup sugar in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the remaining lemon zest.

Prick the warm cake all over with a skewer. Spoon and brush the glaze over the top and all sides of the cake. Cool completely before slicing.

This recipe yields 12 or more servings.

Each of 12 servings: 439 calories; 6 grams protein; 57 grams carbohydrates; 1 grams fiber; 21 grams fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 121 mg. cholesterol; 296 mg. sodium.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 05-19-2004

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