Delicious.com.au’s lemon cake recipes are perfect for any occasion
When life gives you lemons, stuff the lemonade and make some cake instead. Here’s 18 recipes from the Delicious.com.au
Lemons, sugar, flour, eggs and cream equals the perfect combination for cake. Here’s 18 awesome lemon cake recipes that are sure to add a little zest and zing to your coffee break.
This easy recipe brings the zing with a citrusy lemon loaf topped with sweet lemon drizzle.
Lemon and buttermilk mud cake with cream cheese frosting
What’s better than a lemon cake? A lemon and buttermilk mud cake.
“This recipe is really close to me. My Aunt Susan made it – it’s just got a lot of nostalgia. Any time there was a family event, Auntie Susie would make a cake … I asked her to make a special recipe with some native ingredients, and that’s what she came up with.” – Matt Stone
Ellie and Sam Studd take a look at the simple Sicilian cheese that’s equally at home in a salad as it is in a decadent dessert, such as this classic Italian cake.
Lemon yoghurt cake with labneh and lemon syrup
When life gives you lemons, turn them into cake.
Lemon icebox cake with vanilla ice cream ‘frosting’
Make the cake up to 2 days in advance, then spread the ice cream over the top of the cake four hours before serving (you don’t want the cake to be frozen solid, just chilled). You will need a sugar thermometer.
Citrus cake with lemon curd ice cream
Begin this recipe at least 8 hours ahead. You will need an ice cream machine and kitchen thermometer.
Filo crinkle custard cakes with honey-lemon syrup
This simple and elegant dessert is a great way to use up leftover filo pastry.
“The beauty of this cake is that it’s fluffy on the inside with a light citrus flavour, and has a deliciously crunchy crust on top. All that, and with no butter. Try and stop at just one slice.” Recipe from Andy Cooks: The Cookbook (Oriana Press).
Whisky-yuzu savarin with scorched lemon
“Japanese whisky and yuzu combine in a syrup to soak this feather-light savarin, while scorched lemon cuts through the sweetness. If you want to up the booziness, add a splash more whisky to the syrup.”
“I was very pleased with myself when I first made this cake. So pleased, in fact, that I ate nearly half of it in one sitting. Always a good sign. The ricotta in the batter makes for a delightfully tender crumb and there is something very excellent about sugary, caramelised lemon slices and toasty almonds. It also happens to be gluten-free. Needless to say, since then this cake has been on high rotation in our house and for friends – best eaten with a generous spoonful of thickened cream.”
Lemon and poppy seed delicious pudding
This cosy citrus creation is the ultimate winter comfort treat.
Apple and lemon myrtle meringue cake
Autumn’s abundance of new apples and lemons make this delectable bake by Tracey Pattison the perfect finisher on a chilly night.
Alison Roman’s semolina cake with lemon and fennel
“My friend Tom, who tested some of the recipes in this book, texted me after baking this cake: ‘Alison, this cake! The lemon! The fennel! It’s just so elegant.’ I originally thought of this cake as a sort of humble snacking cake, something to nibble alongside a 2pm coffee or tea without much thought. But he’s right. It is elegant.”
Lemon and almond cake with ricotta frosting
This tart and creamy cake is a simple crowd pleaser.
Lemon and rosemary cake with mascarpone cream
“The rosemary in this cake is subtle but it brings an interesting edge to what is otherwise a great, but simple, butter cake. You can serve it the day it’s iced, or keep the mascarpone separate and simply serve it warm, with the cream on the side as a simple dessert, perhaps with some fresh fruit such as peaches and raspberries. Although it’s wonderful with lemon, this cake works with any citrus. I particularly love to sub in blood oranges for the few weeks a year they’re around at the markets.”
Alice shares her take on a classic lemon and poppy seed slice.
Passionfruit layer cake with lemon drizzle and coconut
This multi-layed retro treat is sure to impress, effortlessly.
Gluten-free lemon and poppy seed loaf cake
“Orange and poppyseed cake was my favourite growing up, so I started making this gluten-free rendition when I worked in the Yarra Valley and lemons were everywhere!”
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