Easy Lemon Snack Cake

Lvs2Cook's Note:

Nice and lemony, this cake tastes wonderful! Original recipe from the Land O'Lakes website.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

cake

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemons, rind of
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 3/4 cup milk

Glaze ingredients

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, melted
• 2 -3 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350º. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a lightly greased 8x8 square baking pan. Make 2 indentations in flour mixture. Set aside.
2. Combine egg and lemon peel in small bowl with fork; pour into 1 indentation. Pour 1.4 cup melted butter in other indentation. Pour milk over all; mix well. (Some lumps will remain).
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
4. Combine powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter and enough lemon juice for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Spread glaze over cooled cake.

Reviews

[natasha v.]

my husband and i tend to lean more towards chocolate brownies as a guilty snack but i tried these and they were absolutely fabulous! the only thing i changed a bit was adding extra lemon juice to the glaze. unbelievably easy recipe.

[Audrey M]

Fabulous! Easy to follow recipe and taste great. What more can you ask for? LOL