Lemon Strawberry Cake

This Lemon Strawberry Cake smells good even before it goes in the oven! And if you really do fresh squeeze the lemons, your hands will also smell amazing.

Lemon Strawberry Cake Recipe

Ingredients (makes 2 – 9×5 inch loaves):

• 1 C. butter (2 sticks), unsalted and at room temperature
• 2 C. granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2/3 C. milk
• 1 C. fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 4-5 good lemons)
• 3 C. plus 1/4 C. all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 C. fresh strawberries, diced

Ingredients for Glaze:

• about 1 1/4 C. powdered sugar
• about 3 Tbsp. lemon juice

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and grease and flour two loaf pans.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Get out another bowl and stir together milk and lemon juice. Let sit about 5 minutes (and yes, it’ll curdle a little bit). Pour into large mixing bowl with the batter and mix well.
4. In a small mixing bowl, combine 3 C. all-purpose flour, the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix and add to the batter in the large bowl.
5. In the small bowl, mix together diced strawberries with the remaining 1/4 C. all-purpose flour, until strawberries are coated with the flour. Fold strawberries into the batter in the large bowl.
6. Spoon batter evenly into the loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool 20 minutes in the pans.
7. For the glaze, stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice You may need to add a little more of either, just until you find a consistency you like. Drizzle how ever much of the glaze you want over the loaf cakes.

*Inspired by THIS recipe.

Summary

Recipe Name

Lemon Strawberry Cake

Published On

2014-07-15

Average Rating

5 Based on 1 Review(s)