Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Glaze

Christina
Christina @cook_3000087
USA

My daughter always requests lemon flavored desserts. This cake is moist, soft and wonderfully fluffy. The glaze hardens and becomes almost crackly when you cut into it. It's a simple cake recipe to make anytime. Recipe adapted from: cleobuttera.com

Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Glaze

My daughter always requests lemon flavored desserts. This cake is moist, soft and wonderfully fluffy. The glaze hardens and becomes almost crackly when you cut into it. It's a simple cake recipe to make anytime. Recipe adapted from: cleobuttera.com

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Ingredients

12 pieces
  1. Cake Batter:
  2. 2 cups+ 2 tbsp. all purpose flour
  3. 1/4 cupcornstarch
  4. 1 1/2 tsp.baking powder
  5. 1/2 tsp.baking soda
  6. 1/2 tsp.salt
  7. 4 tbsp.lemon zest (from 5-6 large lemons)
  8. 1/4 cupfreshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 2 large lemons)
  9. 3/4 cupplain, full fat Greek yogurt, at room temperature
  10. 1/2 tsp.vanilla extract
  11. 1 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  12. 3/4 cupunsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  13. 3large eggs, at room temperature
  14. 1large egg yolk, at room temperature
  15. Lemon Glaze:
  16. 2 cupsconfectioners sugar
  17. 1/4 cupfreshly squeezed lemon juice

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 325°F. Spray a 9x13" baking pan with non-stick baking spray and set it aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt, then set that aside. In a small bowl or a measuring cup, whisk together the lemon juice, yogurt and vanilla extract and set it aside.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, use either a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a hand mixer to beat the sugar and lemon zest together on medium speed for about a minute, until the sugar has moistened and is fragrant. Then beat in the butter for 2-3 minutes, until the color lightens and it becomes fluffy. Add the eggs and egg yolk one at a time, beating between each addition. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.

  3. 3

    On low speed, add in 1/3 of the flour mixture, mix until mostly combined, then mix in 1/2 of the yogurt mixture. Then another 1/3 of flour mixture mixed in, followed by the rest of the yogurt mixture. End with mixing in the remaining flour mixture until it's all just incorporated. Then transfer the batter to the pan and smooth it out.

  4. 4

    Bake for 23-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. While its baking, make the glaze. In a medium bowl, whisk together the confectioners sugar and lemon juice until smooth. It should be thick, but with a pourable consistency. Set it aside until the cake is done baking.

  5. 5

    As soon as the cake is finished and you take it out of the oven, pour the glaze evenly over the hot cake and smooth it out gently. Then allow the cake to cool in the pan on a wire rack until cooled and the glaze has set (about a hour). Then slice it into squares with a sharp knife (for clean cuts, wipe the knife in between cuts). Store leftover cake tightly covered at room temperature.

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Christina
Christina @cook_3000087
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I love to bake and to try out new recipes! I'm always on the lookout for simple dinners for busy weeknights. A lot of the recipes I post on here are ones I've found on Pinterest or from different bloggers, and that I've tried and really enjoyed, but I always reference to where I got the recipe from in the recipe description and the pictures are my own. If there's no source listed, then it's a rare recipe that I came up with. I have two wonderful kids and I hope to pass on my love of cooking and baking to them.
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