Lemon Butter Cake | Embracing Citrus Season

What is it nearly Jan as well as citrus?! I know that it is truly citrus season, only could that truly brand me crave it thence intensely? I've been thinking nearly this lemon cake for nearly four days when I picked upwards a purse of Meyer Lemons at the store. While they are becoming easier to larn during the entire year, I'm making a existent endeavour to consume seasonally. I experience similar at that spot is thence much to a greater extent than to await forrard to each flavour when nosotros hold off for seasonal foods as well as focus on what is best as well as fresh. So, no heirloom love apple tree salads for me inwards February, as well as no strawberries until at to the lowest degree until belatedly spring... or until nosotros dip them inwards chocolate for Valentine's Day ; ) But, gosh, won't they sense of savour expert when nosotros practice convey them.

It is January, as well as nosotros volition live on making Lemon Cake (actually on the to-do listing for today), Crispy Lemon Chicken, Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup, Lemony Shrimp Scampi as well as Lemon Mousse. Hopefully that extra striking of Vitaman C volition assistance cure us of our sniffles, too. Maybe that is why Jan is citrus season?

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This postal service was written nearly ii years agone during "citrus" season... or unopen to it.

Lemon Butter Cake

makes 1 medium loaf size cake

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1 stick of butter, softened
1 loving cup granulated sugar
ii eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 loving cup milk

ii lemons, zested & juiced
1 teaspoon vanilla

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1 lemon, zested as well as juiced

1 1/2 loving cup of powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350.

In a mixer fitted amongst the paddle attachment. Cream together butter as well as saccharide for iii minutes. Add eggs. In a split upwards bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda as well as salt. In some other split upwards bowl, combine milk, lemon juice, zest as well as vanilla. Add one-half of the moisture ingredients to the butter saccharide mixture, mix for five seconds, thence add together one-half of the dry out as well as mix for five seconds. Repeat amongst 2nd half, ending amongst dry out ingredients. Pour batter into loaf pan - I similar to draw of piece of occupation mine amongst parchment newspaper (you tin detect here). Bake for 35-40 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean.

For glaze, mix together powdered saccharide as well as lemon juice until smooth. Pour over slightly warm cake. Top amongst lemon zest.