How to Cook Tasty Glazed lemon cake

Glazed lemon cake.

You can have Glazed lemon cake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Glazed lemon cake

1. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
2. You need 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
3. It's 1 cup of white sugar.
4. You need 3 of large eggs.
5. You need 1/3 cup of greek yoghurt.
6. You need 2 tablespoons of lemon zest.
7. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
8. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder.
9. It's 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
10. Prepare 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
11. Prepare 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
12. You need of Glaze.
13. You need 1/2 cup of icing sugar.
14. It's 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.

Glazed lemon cake step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 162 degrees celsius. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder..
2. Beat the sugar with the softened butter until fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice..
3. Combine the flour mixture and greek yoghurt into the wet ingredients, alternating between the two..
4. Line a greased 8x4 inch loaf pan with a baking sheet, or greased aluminum foil. Spoon the batter into the pan and smooth the top..
5. Bake at 162 degrees celsius for 55-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean..
6. If the top of the cake browns before the inside is cooked, cover the top tightly with aluminum foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes, checking in between..
7. Remove the pan from the oven and allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes. Slide a butter knife around the edges, and lift it out of the pan using the foil or baking sheet. Place it on a wire rack to cool..
8. Make the glaze: Sift half a cup of icing sugar into a bowl, and mix in 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Pour the glaze over the cake while it's still warm..
9. Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing..