Medium

Lemon Sheet Cake

Total Time
45 min
18m prep · 27m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This homemade lemon sheet cake is topped with a sweet and tart lemon glaze. It's light, lemony, and perfect for pleasing a crowd at your next summer party!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoons salt
  • 1.33 cups white sugar
  • 0.5 cups unsalted butter , softened
  • 2 large eggs , at room temperature
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10x15-inch baking pan.

  2. 2

    To make the cake: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.

  3. 3

    Beat sugar and butter together in another bowl until well incorporated. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add yogurt, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Add cake flour mixture and mix until incorporated. Pour cake batter into the prepared pan.

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack completely.

  5. 5

    To make the glaze: Mix powdered sugar and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice together in a bowl until well combined. Pour over cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts

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