One bite of this cake and you’ll be in heaven. This is an easy cake recipe that is truly impossible to resist!
Lemon Cake
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temp
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Zest of 2 lemons
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Lemon Cream
- 6 oz cream cheese, room temp
- 3 cups (360g) powdered sugar, plus more for dusting on top
- 1 large egg, room temp
- Zest of 1 lemon (1 tbsp)
Instructions
Lemon Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- Grease and line a 9″ round springform pan.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar. Then add the egg, vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Spread the thick batter in an even layer in the bottom of the springform pan. Set aside.
Lemon Cream
- In a mixing bowl using a hand or stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the cream cheese until smooth.
- Mix in the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, until thin and creamy.
- Then mix in the egg and lemon zest.
- Pour the cream on top of the lemon batter, pouring right in the middle and allowing it to naturally spread close to the edges.
- Bake for 40 minutes until the top has formed a golden skin and it’s evenly puffed.