Lemon Sour Cream Cake

Description

This lemon-sour cream cake is easy and delish! A very dense cake that never lasts long in my house.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 large lemon, zested and juiced, divided
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
  2. Sift together flour
  3. baking powder
  4. and salt into a bowl.
  5. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs
  6. 1 at a time
  7. beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture in 3 batches
  8. alternating with sour cream
  9. beating batter briefly after each addition. Stir in lemon zest and pour batter into the prepared pan.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  11. 55 to 60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely
  12. about 1 hour.
  13. Stir 3 teaspoons lemon juice
  14. powdered sugar
  15. and butter in a small bowl until a thick glaze forms. Drizzle glaze over the cooled cake.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 55 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 12

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