Heavenly Lemon Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• cake:
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 lemons lemon, zested
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• syrup:
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 lemons, juiced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line a round cake pan with parchment paper.
• beat 1 1/4 cup sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well before adding the next egg. stir flour, lemon zest, and baking powder into creamed butter mixture until batter is smooth; pour into the prepared pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes.
• combine 1/2 cup sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• poke holes into the top of the warm cake and pour syrup over cake. cool slightly before cutting.