Lemon Cake

August 27, 2014 by Adrian in Desserts, Recipes 18 Comments
Lemon Cake|Life With Garnish

This lemon cake is another recipe that I make using my homemade baking mix. (If you’ve missed the other four recipes I’ll have a link to them added to the bottom of this post). It is a very dense cake and it is full of lemon flavor. With our heat index pushing 115° the past few days I wanted something with a lemon flavor other than a lemon flavored drink.

This lemon cake was just what I needed. Although I had to turn the oven on for over an hour to make it, it was well worth it!

The best part of this cake is the added candied lemon slices that are added to it. If you’ve never made candied lemon slices then boy are you in for a treat! I didn’t use all of the slices for the cake so I just walked around and snacked on the rest of them throughout the day:) They taste just like those little lemon candies (Lemonheads) you buy at the store. Only better because they are made with real lemon and came from your kitchen!

Candied Lemon Slices|Life With Garnish

After using what I needed of the syrup from the candied lemon slices, I put the remainder in a jar to use as a lemon sweetener for my tea. So delicious!

I love the fact that with this recipe you not only get a delicious lemon cake with candied lemons AND a lemon glaze but you also have a tart snack for later and a syrup for whatever you want to put a lemon syrup on, in or over!

Lemon Cake|Life With Garnish

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Lemon Cake

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Ingredients

    For the candied lemon slices
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¾ cup water
  • 1 lemon, sliced in 1/8 inch rounds
    • For the cake
  • 2 cups homemade baking mix
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup milk
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
    • For the lemon glaze
  • 1½ cup powdered sugar
  • ½ cup reserved lemon syrup

Instructions

    For the candied lemon slices
  1. Add sugar and water to a large skillet over medium high heat until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Add lemon slices in a single layer to skillet and simmer gently for 15 minutes, turning occasionally.
  3. Remove from heat.
  4. Lay slices in a single layer on a wax paper lined pan.
  5. Reserve lemon syrup for glaze.
  6. Cool completely.
  7. Slice lemons in half to garnish lemon cake.
    For the cake
  8. In a mixing bowl add baking mix and sugar. Stir until combined.
  9. To this mixture add the beaten eggs, milk and lemon juice. Beat on high for 3 minutes.
  10. Pour into a Bundt pan that has been well coated with cooking spray.
  11. Bake in a 350° oven for 50-55 minutes.
  12. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for about 15 minutes.
  13. Remove from pan to a wire rack and cool completely.
  14. After the cake has cooled cut slits evenly around the top of the cake big enough to insert the candied lemon slices.
  15. Insert cooled candied lemon slices into slits.
  16. Drizzle lemon glaze over top of cake.
    For the lemon glaze
  17. In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar and lemon syrup well.
  18. Drizzle over cake.
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Other recipes using homemade baking mix: Homemade Biscuits, Pear Cobbler, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread,   Breakfast Cookies

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