Lemon Cake Recipes

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Lemon Ricotta Cake

Thanks to full-fat ricotta, fresh lemon juice and other simple, straightforward ingredients, this is the best lemon ricotta cake ever. It's excellent with a strong cup of coffee or a smidge of limoncello.

Glazed Lemon Tube Cake

This easy lemon cake recipe is just the dessert to brighten up a gray winter day (or any day). Lemon...


Lemon Curd-Filled Angel Food Cake

For a sunny angel food cake, we make a filling of mascarpone, cream cheese and lemon curd, and then drizzle...


Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Lemon Filling

I found this recipe when going through my grandmother's old files. It was originally made with an orange filling, but...


Lemon Drizzle Cake

This sweet loaf pan cake is topped with a lemony sugar glaze. It's light and decadent, the perfect complement to...

Lemon Curd Cake

This cake is a lemon lover's dream. This cake is a lemon lover's dream. It tastes like pure sunshine with...


Custard Cake

Light, lemony and made with only six ingredients, this lemon custard cake is perfect for any occasion. Here's how to...

Gluten-Free Lemon Cake

Yes, you can make moist, tender gluten-free lemon cake at home! Bonus: This cake recipe also happens to be dairy-free.


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Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Lemon olive oil breaks the mold of sweet, buttery cakes and charts its own path. With a more vegetal flavor...


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How to Make a Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Cake

Satisfy your cravings with this copycat Starbucks lemon loaf cake recipe.


Margarita Cake

This margarita cake is made with cake mix, margarita mix, pudding mix and lime juice, topped with a zesty glaze,...

Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes

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My granddaughter Sydney has acquired a love of baking. While I was visiting her in Tampa, we made these light,...


Lemon Rhubarb Tube Cake

For a taste of summer, try this dessert. The cake's fresh lemon flavor and tart rhubarb topping are so refreshing....


Mom’s Citrus Buttermilk Cake

Everyone raves over this lovely lemon cake. It's divine with fresh raspberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. —Joan...


Ginger-Glazed Lemon Bundt

Tangy ginger, tart lemon and puckery cranberries make this melt-in-your-mouth cake as crisp—and gorgeous—as autumn. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen


Glazed Lemon Flute Cake

My husband says this is the best lemon cake he's ever eaten. A cake mix and lemon gelatin make it...

Lemon Bundt Cake

Convenient lemon cake and pudding mixes hurry along this moist glazed cake shared by Ann Anderson of Andrews, North Carolina.


Lemon Curd-Filled Angel Food Cake

For a sunny angel food cake, we make a filling of mascarpone, cream cheese and lemon curd, and then drizzle...


Makeover Lemon Pound Cake

For this lovely golden cake, I use fat-free yogurt to trim the calories. It's a comforting dessert for days when...


Glazed Lemon Cake

My mother baked this moist treat when I was a child. I loved the lemon glaze and light cake as...


Glazed Lemon Tube Cake

This easy lemon cake recipe is just the dessert to brighten up a gray winter day (or any day). Lemon...


Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Lemon Filling

I found this recipe when going through my grandmother's old files. It was originally made with an orange filling, but...


Lemon-Buttermilk Pound Cake

Here’s the recipe I reach for when I need something tried and true. The old-fashioned cake has a tangy lemon...


Baked Lemon Pound Cake

If you and your family like lemon, you'll love this easy lemon cake recipe! Every bite is sweet and tart...


Lemon Ginger Icebox Cake

Everyone searches for grand desserts that have easy ingredients and minimal effort. My lemony ginger icebox cake is the answer....

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Glazed Lemon Chiffon Cake

Drizzled with sweet-tart lemon glaze, this fluffy cake is a real treat. —Rebecca Baird, Salt Lake City, Utah


Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake Squares

My family loves this dessert. The ricotta cheese layer sinks down in the cheesecake, creating a luscious, dense cake that's...


Rosemary & Thyme Lemon Pudding Cakes

These simple little cakes are absolutely divine and are perfect with hot tea. Think English tea party! Your guests will...


Lemon Streusel Cake

Whenever friends compliment me on my zesty cake, I say, "Thanks Mom!" Her recipe for Lemon Streusel Cake was among...


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Lemon Raspberry Cake

This lemon raspberry cake is rich, tender and full of lemon and raspberry flavors. If you like lemon and raspberry,...


Almond-Lemon Pound Cake

This lemon-almond cake is the first cake I learned to make more than 30 years ago, and it’s still a...