Lemon Sheet Cake Recipe

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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    15 mins

  • Total Time

    48 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    351 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    American

Lemon Sheet Cake Recipe

If you are a fan of lemon cake, this is the easiest and best tasting lemon sheet cake you will ever make. With just the right amount of lemon to make this sweet and tart cake simply amazing. Topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting, this lemon sheet cake is the perfect moist cake. 

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Ingredients

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  • 2 cup cake flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 8 + 6 Tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 8 large egg yolks room temperature
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • lemon zest 4 lemons
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk room temperature

Sour Cream Layer:

  • 1 oz cream cheese softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • Zest of 1 lemon
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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 335°F.
  2. Line a 9x13-inch pan with parchment paper.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda, and set aside.
  4. Mix butter until very creamy and smooth.
  5. Add oil and sugar and mix until light and fluffy.
  6. Add one egg yolk at a time and mix at least 30 seconds between each.
  7. Mix in salt, lemon juice and lemon zest.
  8. Alternate adding in the flour mixture and buttermilk using 1/3 cup at a time until all combined.
  9. Scrape batter into pans and place in oven and bake for 33-37 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes clean.
  10. After 5 minutes turn upside down on a plastic food lined cutting board (or just leave in the pan).
  11. Once cooled turn upside down onto a serving platter.

Frosting

  1. To prepare frosting, mix cream cheese and powdered sugar on lowest speed until completely smooth.
  2. Add sour cream and lemon zest and combine.
  3. Frost cake.
  4. Serve at room temperature and store airtight.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 12 Calories 351kcal (18%) Carbohydrates 62g (21%) Protein 5g (10%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Cholesterol 132mg (44%) Sodium 240mg (10%) Potassium 142mg (4%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 46g (92%) Vitamin A 278IU (6%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 80mg (8%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 351 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 12
Calories 351kcal 18%
Carbohydrates 62g 21%
Protein 5g 10%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 132mg 44%
Sodium 240mg 10%
Potassium 142mg 3%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 46g 92%
Vitamin A 278IU 6%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 80mg 8%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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