The Well Plated Cookbook is now available! Learn how to make THE BEST Lemon Cake from scratch with this simple lemon cake recipe. Moist, buttery, and bursting with bright cake frosting recipe flavor! Lemon Cake with lemon cream cheese frosting is sunshine served on a plate!
Perfectly sweet and melt-in-your-mouth tender, this lemon cake recipe is positively bursting with bright lemon flavor. This is the BEST Lemon Layer Cake you will ever eat, and it has a luscious lemon cream cheese frosting! Among lemon desserts, this is hands-down the best lemon cake recipe I’ve ever tasted, anywhere, and quite possibly the best cake I’ve ever baked. As for the frosting: its creaminess is exquisite. It’s not overly sweet, thanks to the tang of the cream cheese to balance it out.
Between the cake and the frosting, the amount of lemon is perfect. It’s elegant, easy to make from scratch, and can turn any day into a sunny celebration. This easy Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting is like sunshine on a plate! This is a beautiful and delicious cake. The crumb is tender and soft. The level of that lemon flavor you would expect from a lemon cake is perfect!
The Very Best Lemon Cake Recipe Here are just a few of the reasons why this cake deserves a spot at your table. The cake crumb is sublimely soft and fluffy but still holds together when you cut into it. The lemon flavor is balanced and fresh. The layers are easy to work with and frost. It slices cleanly and looks beautiful on the plate, an important quality in any cake, especially a celebratory layer cake. Every bite of this Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting is light, fluffy, and tender!