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Then let's get started with this simple recipe for a delicious juicy lemon cake made from very simple ingredients. Having a lifestyle and food blog of my own a few years ago and being a true food-lover, I could not resist introducing my favorite cake recipe here. I found it on a German recipe website around a decade ago and I still love and bake it on a regular basis. So, here’s the recipe for this luscious Zitronenkuchen with its fluffy and juicy texture and the icing topping that’s a perfect mix of salty and sour.

Preparation

Working time approx. 25 minutes
Baking time approx. 20 minutes

Ingredients

350 g margarine
350 g flour
350 g sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp, baking powder
6 eggs
3 organic lemons (peel and juice)
300 g icing sugar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F - 375°F (175 °C - 195 °C).

2. First, rub the peel from the 3 lemons, then squeeze two of them for the dough.

3. Stir the eggs, vanilla and sugar until frothy. Sift the flour and gradually add baking powder, lemon zest and juice of 2 lemons and margarine. Mix everything well. Spread the dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Put into the preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes on the middle rack.

4. Now, gradually mix the glaze from the juice of the remaining 3rd lemon and icing sugar - please use the lemon juice very sparingly, the glaze must be nice and thick.

5. As long as the cake is still warm, prick all over with a fork. This makes it juicy and very flavorful because the glaze can soak in. Quickly spread the glaze onto the warm cake and let it cool. It is most tasty when it’s served on the 1st or 2nd day after baking, with some nice and hot peppermint tea & rock candy.