• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Recipes
  • Life, etc
  • Create
  • Money
  • Blogging
  • Dishes & Dust Bunnies
  • Nav Social Menu

Dishes & Dust Bunnies

Dishes & Dust Bunnies

Good Home Cooking and The Magick of Modern Homemaking - Recipes and lots of good stuff!

Lemon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

by Michelle Dunster

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our discloure policy.

Lemon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

I'm one of those people who can't get enough of anything and everything lemon flavored.

With the arrival of spring and the warmer weather lemon cake seems like a nice refreshing alternative to some of the “heavier” dessert we like in the winter. 😉

Recently I made this awesomely delicious lemon cake with cream cheese frosting!  It's so easy to make and the lemon flavors are so refreshing.

Lemon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Lemons in dessert always bring back memories of when I was a little girl and my grandmother would have freshly baked lemon cake (or what she would call lemon bread) on the table for when guests would stop by.

I remember my grandfather loved lemon bread just as much as I did, so sometimes there would be a bit of a silent competition to make sure I didn't gobble it all up before he was able to have some! lol

Lemon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This cake is wonderfully soft and fluffy with just the perfect hint of lemon in the cake batter.  The lemon cream cheese frosting for this recipe goes perfectly with the finished cake – it's not overly sweet but just right.

I used lemon zest in the frosting and the cake batter to give the dessert it's wonderful and fresh pop of flavor!

I hope you enjoy this cake recipe!

Lemon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

 

Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Lemon Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting


Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, unsalted and room temperature, cut into pieces
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Frosting Ingredients

  • 2 cups plain cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup butter, unsalted and room temperature
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (aka confectioners sugar)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 tsp lemon zest
  • 2 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease 2, 8″ round cake pans. Dust with flour so all surfaces have been lightly covered.
  3. Combine the dry cake batter ingredients in a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer. Combine using the whisk attachment or by using a hand whisk.
  4. In a large measuring cup with a spout, combine the vegetable oil, vanilla and milk.
  5. Using a stand mixer or an electric hand mixer combine the ingredients from measuring cup with the dry ingredients. Start with the speed on low and then gradually increase the speed.
  6. To the mixture, add the pieces of butter and combine well using the mixer. You need to mix until there are no little chunks of butter. Everything should be smooth.
  7. Next, one at a time, add the eggs to the mixer while on Medium speed. Keep mixing until the eggs are well combined and the batter thickens. You may need to turn the speed up on the mixer after combining the eggs.
  8. Next gently mix in the lemon zest and lemon juice.
  9. Pour an equal amount of batter into each cake pan. Spread the batter so that it's evenly distributed in the pans.
  10. Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes or until baked through. Check the doneness of the cake by sticking a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean the cake is finished baking.
  11. Cool the cake layers while still in the pans on a cooling rack. After about 20 minutes of cooling in the pan you can remove the cakes from the pans and continue cooling on the rack.
  12. Once the cake has cooled frost the cake using the frosting recipe included.
  13. The cake tastes best if it's chilled for a couple hours before serving. 🙂

Frosting Instructions

  1. In a large bowl with an electric hand mixer (or use a stand mixer) cream together the butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar.
  2. Add lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla to the mixing bowl and turn the mixer up to medium speed.
  3. Mix up the frosting until it's creamy and well combined.

Did you make this recipe?

If you make this recipe, I'd love to hear about it!
Tag @dishesanddustbunnies on Instagram and hashtag it #dishesanddustbunnies,
and I'll share your pic in my Instagram stories! ❤️

 

_________________________
Hi there! I'm Michelle!
Welcome to Dishes & Dust Bunnies where I share recipes, tips and hints to help make this messy chaotic life as a mom just a little easier! Learn more >>
_________________________

Primary Sidebar

Hi there, I'm Michelle!

Welcome to Dishes & Dust Bunnies where I share recipes, tips and hints to help make this messy chaotic life as a mom just a little easier! Learn more >>


Widget not in any sidebars

Popular Posts

Quick & Easy Tartar Sauce
Old Fashioned Chicken Soup from Scratch (using a Whole Chicken)
How to make The Famous Atlantic Canadian "Halifax Donair"
How to make Homemade Donair Sauce
Subscribe to get a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes!
____________________________
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox :)

Footer

Follow me!

Dishes & Dust Bunnies

About
Sponsored Content
Media Mentions
FAQs
Contact

Explore

Recipes
Life, etc
Create
Money
Blogging

For Bloggers

Blogging Resources
Guest Posting

Latest on Instagram

  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 3 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
  • by dishesanddustbunnies 4 months ago
Dishes & Dust Bunnies

Privacy Policy - Disclosure
Copyright © 2022 DishesAndDustBunnies.com

Sign up for email updates and get a free eCookbook with my top 25 recipes!
Sign up for email updates and get Top 25 Recipes from Dishes & Dust Bunnies eCookbook FREE!
We hate SPAM and promise to keep your email address safe.
Subscribe to get a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes!
____________________________
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox :)
GET IT NOW
.
Did you make this recipe?

Tag @dishesanddustbunnies on Instagram and hashtag it #dishesanddustbunnies

Hi there! This is a message to my readers about the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle. Please check out my post 10 Reasons Why you NEED The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle
Enter your name and email below and I'll send you my free printable Cooking Conversions Chart!
Plus, you'll get FREE email updates whenever a new post is published to Dishes & Dust Bunnies!
Thanks so much!
Your free printable is on it's way!
If you don't see an email from me (Michelle Dunster) within a couple of minutes, be sure to check your spam folder just in case it landed in there!
Subscribe to get a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes!
____________________________
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox :)
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox!

As thanks, I'll send you a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes! :)

This training has ended. No worries though, I'd love to let you know when new ones are available.
If you don't want to miss out on future trainings or webinars enter your email below and I'll make sure you're the first to know when any new ones are available!
Unfortunately this year's Genius Blogger's Tool Kit sale has ended. The good news is that a new Tool Kit becomes available each year (and occasionally, the current year’s Tool Kit will be offered up again during a flash sale).

If you don’t want to miss out on future opportunities to purchase the Genius Bloggers Tool Kit, enter your email below and I’ll make sure you’re the first to hear when future Tool Kits go live!
Unfortunately enrollment for Elite Blog Academy is currently closed. In order to best serve their students, the doors to EBA are only open for a short time each year.

So you don’t miss out on future opportunities to join EBA, enter your email below and I’ll make sure you’re the first to hear when registration opens again!
Don't forget to like us on Facebook!
Subscribe to get a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes!
____________________________
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox :)
_________________________
Hi there! I'm Michelle!
Welcome to Dishes & Dust Bunnies where I share recipes, tips and hints to help make this messy chaotic life as a mom just a little easier! Learn more >>
_________________________
Subscribe to get a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes!
____________________________
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox :)
Subscribe to get a free eCookbook with my Top 25 Recipes!
____________________________
Get the latest from Dishes & Dust Bunnies delivered right to your inbox :)
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.
Need more a bit more help getting started? No worries!
I'm in the process of updating this page to give you more info on getting your blog up and running! I'd love to let you know when I update this page!
Enter your email below and I'll let you know when this page is updated!
 

Loading Comments...