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The Ultimate Easy Lemon Cake (A Lemon Lover’s Dream!)

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Lemon cake Recipe, if you are a lemon lover, this is the one and only cake recipe you don’t wanna miss. Lemon cake is perfect for family breakfast or with cup of tea or coffee.

  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 9

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:

115.25 oz box of yellow cake mix or lemon cake mix

13.4 oz instant lemon pudding mix

¾ cup water

¾ cup oil

2 tablespoons lemon juice

4 eggs

Butter-flavored cooking spray

FOR THE SOAKING SYRUP:

2 cups powdered sugar

⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F and spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with butter-flavored cooking spray. Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs.

Add the cake mix, pudding mix, water, oil and lemon juice to the eggs. Beat until smooth.

Pour the batter into the greased baking dish and bake for 30 -35 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.

While the cake is baking, make the soaking syrup by mixing together the powdered sugar, lemon juice and melted butter.

When the cake is done, take it out of the oven and poke holes all over the surface with a toothpick. Pour the soaking liquid evenly over the warm cake. Let it cool completely before serving.

  • Author: Amber
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 737
  • Sugar: 70G
  • Sodium: 867mg
  • Fat: 6g
  • Saturated Fat: 6g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 20g
  • Trans Fat: 1g
  • Carbohydrates: 114g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Protein: 7g
  • Cholesterol: 94mg