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Eggless lemon cake recipe

This eggless lemon cake recipe makes for a soft, moist, sweet, fluffy delight loaded with fresh flavors of lemon. It's supremely easy to make and tastes delicious.
Course Dessert, Cakes
Cuisine International
Keyword easy cake recipe, eggfree lemon cake, eggless lemon cake, Lemon cake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 inch cake
Author Lata Lala

Ingredients

  • 1 cup = 250 ml

Cake batter

  • All purpose flour/Maida 1 + 1/4 cup
  • Butter 75 gms
  • Castor Sugar 75 gms
  • Vanilla Essence 1 tbsp
  • Lemon 1 (zest & juice)
  • Baking Powder 1 tsp
  • Baking soda 1/2 tsp
  • Buttermilk 1/2 cup
  • Milk 1/4 cup

Buttermilk preparation

  • Room temperature Milk 1/2 cup
  • Vinegar 1 tsp

For Lemon Glaze

  • Icing Sugar 4 tbsp
  • Juice of lemon 1 tbsp

Instructions

Prepare buttermilk

  • In a bowl take milk and add the vinegar to it.
  • Mix well and set aside for a while (make sure the milk is at the room temperature).
  • Your buttermilk is ready.
  • Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
  • Whisk butter and sugar until light and fluffy. When it turns pale yellow in color, add vanilla essence and lemon juice.
  • Meanwhile in a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder and baking soda at least thrice.
  • Add lemon zest and sifted flour mix to butter- sugar -lemon mixture little by little.
  • Fold batter by using cut and fold method. After that add prepared buttermilk in batches.
  • Keep folding the batter with gentle hands and keep adding the milk till everything is incorporated well.
  • Transfer this batter to greased and lined baking tin. Tap the tin twice or thrice on kitchen counter to remove air bubbles if any.
  • Bake at 180 degree Celsius for about 25 to 30 minutes till the top turns light golden brown.
  • Or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Cool the cake on wire rack.

Lemon glaze

  • Mix lemon juice and icing sugar in a bowl. Whisk it well.
  • We are looking for a slightly thick consistency of icing.
  • However, If you feel the icing is bit runny then add more icing sugar, and if its thick add more lemon juice to it.
  • When the cake cools down, cover it with lemon glaze.
  • Garnish with few thin lemon slices. Cut into pieces and enjoy with hot cup of tea or coffee.