Lemon Snack Cake Recipes

LEMON SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13" pan with nonstick cooking spray (the kind with flour) or grease the pan with butter or shortening.
• Stir the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add the almond milk, lemon juice oil, zest, and extract. Mix with a hand mixer until moistened. Add the eggs and mix for about 1 additional minute, until the mixture is combined and no lumps remain. Pour into pan.
• Bake 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
• To make the glaze: whisk all ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Let sit 3 minutes to cool slightly, then pour over cake. Spread as needed. Let sit for about 10-15 minutes to let the glaze set before serving.
• Serving suggestion: serve with fresh berries. Or, skip the glaze and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

LEMON SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line an 8×8-inch square pan with two strips of parchment paper: Cut each strip 8-inches wide and leave the length long enough that you will have handles to lift the cake out of the pan. Place one strip in the bottom of the pan, turn the pan a quarter turn and place the second strip in the bottom - you should have paper handles on each side of the square pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Whisk to combine.
• Add eggs, sour cream, vegetable oil, lemon zest and lemon juice to the bowl with the dry ingredients. With a rubber spatula, stir to combine into a smooth batter.
• Spread the cake batter into the prepared pan. Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until the edges are just slightly golden and the middle is set.
• Remove the pan to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• While the cake cools, mix up the glaze by combining the confectioner's sugar, lemon zest and two tablespoons fresh lemon juice. Add more lemon juice as needed to make a spreadable glaze.
• After the 10 minutes, use the paper handles to lift the cake out of the pan and place on a cutting board. Spread the glaze over the warm cake.
• Allow the glaze to set for another 5 minutes, then cut into 16 squares (4 x 4 rows).
• Refrigerate leftovers in an air-tight container.

LEMON SNACKING CAKE WITH COCONUT GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-9-inch pan, and then line with parchment paper, letting the two long ends hang over the edge of the pan by at least 2 inches.
• Grate 2 tablespoons of zest from the lemons. Juice the lemons so you have 1/4 cup/60 milliliters juice. Add juice and zest to a medium bowl, then whisk in oil, sour cream, coconut milk and eggs.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk wet mixture into dry mixture until smooth.
• Scrape batter into baking pan and spread in an even layer. Sprinkle evenly with shredded sweetened coconut. Bake until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed in the center, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely.
• When cake is cool, make the glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, oil and salt. Whisk in the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Pour over the cake, and grate some lemon zest over the top. Let the glaze set for at least 30 minutes before serving.

LEMON SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 8-inch square baking pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in prepared pan. Make 2 indentations in flour mixture. Set aside.
• Combine egg and lemon zest in bowl with fork; pour into 1 indentation. Pour melted Butter with Canola Oil in other indentation. Pour milk over all; mix well. (Some lumps will remain.)
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Combine powdered sugar and enough lemon juice for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Spread glaze over cooled cake. Sprinkle top of cake with additional lemon zest, if desired.

EASY LEMON SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• 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.
• 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).
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Combine powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter and enough lemon juice for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Spread glaze over cooled cake.

LEMON SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and extracts. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition (batter will be thick)., Spread into a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Garnish with whipped topping and lemon zest if desired.

LEMON SNACK CAKE WITH RASPBERRY-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush a 9-inch round cake pan with butter. Line bottom with parchment; brush with butter. Dust with flour, tapping out excess.
• In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another, stir together milk and lemon juice. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter with lemon zest, granulated sugar, and vanilla on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture in three additions, alternating with milk mixture, just until no dry flour remains (do not overmix). Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top. Bake until cake is golden and springs back when gently pressed, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cool 20 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack, remove parchment, and let cool completely.
• For the Frosting: In a bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in confectioners' sugar and freeze-dried berries until smooth.
• Spread frosting over top of cake. Decorate with fresh berries. Cake is best served on the same day, but can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 2 days.

HONEYED LEMON-BERRY SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Position a rack to the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square, light-colored metal baking pan with nonstick cooking spray, and then line the pan with an 8-inch wide strip of parchment paper, leaving several inches of overhang on the opposite sides of the pan.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a separate medium bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat the egg whites to stiff peaks.
• In another medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, honey, applesauce, oil, lemon juice, vanilla extract and lemon zest. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour, and fold gently to blend. Add about one-third of the whipped egg whites to the batter, and stir to blend well. Add the remaining whipped whites, and fold gently just until no visible clumps of the egg white remain.
• Remove the berries from the freezer. Scrape half of the batter into the prepared pan and smooth evenly. Sprinkle half of the frozen berries over the batter. Pour and smooth the remaining batter, and then scatter with the remaining berries. Bake until the cake is deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 50 to 55 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes in the pan set on a wire rack.
• For the glaze: Whisk together the honey and lemon juice in a small bowl.
• Spoon the glaze over the warm cake, letting it absorb before adding more. Cool the cake completely, and then slice and serve.