Cake Recipes

Sour Cream Lemon Cake

Sour Cream Lemon Cake is a glazed lemon cake, made with fresh lemon and sour cream.

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Serves 12 or more, depending on size of servings.

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter (room temperature)
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • Grated zest of 1 large lemon
  • 1 cup sour cream

Lemon Glaze

  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Generously butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

Cake

  1. Into a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  2. In a mixing bowl with hand-held electric mixer, cream 1 cup butter and granulated sugar; beat at high speed until mixture is very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  3. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down side of bowl frequently.
  4. Blend in lemon zest.
  5. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, adding each in 3 additions. Scrape sides of bowl frequently.
  6. Pour batter into prepared cake pan; bake or 55 to 65 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted near the center of cake comes out clean.
  7. Cool in pan for 10 minutes.

Lemon Glaze

  1. Combine ingredients in a bowl, blending until smooth.
  2. Carefully turn cake out onto a platter; drizzle evenly with glaze.


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