incredible lemon cake

🥘 Ingredients

• • unsalted butter
• • granulated sugar
• • eggs
• • lemon, zest of
• • flour
• • baking powder
• • baking soda
• • kosher salt
• • fresh lemon juice
• • buttermilk
• • vanilla extract
• • confectioners' sugar

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat oven to 350f
2. 2 grease and flour 2 loaf pans , lining the bottom with parchment paper , if desired
3. 3 cream , using paddle attachment , butter and 2 c granulated sugar in bowl of electric mixer until light and fluffy , approximately 5 minutes
4. 4 with mixer on medium speed , add eggs , 1 at a time , and the lemon zest
5. 5 sift together flour , baking powder , baking soda and salt into a bowl
6. 6 in another bowl , combine 1 / 4 c lemon juice , buttermilk and vanilla
7. 7 alternately add flour and buttermilk mixtures to batter , beginning and ending with flour mixture
8. 8 divide batter evenly between pans , smoothing the tops
9. 9 bake 45 minutes- 1 hour , until tester comes out clean
10. 10 when cakes are done , cool 10 minutes
11. 11 meanwhile , combine 1 / 2 c granulated sugar and 1 / 2 c lemon juice in small saucepan , cooking over low heat until sugar dissolves
12. 12 remove cakes from pans and set on wire rack over jelly pan
13. 13 spoon lemon syrup over cakes
14. 14 allow cakes to cool completely
15. 15 glaze: combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in a bowl , mixing with whisk until smooth
16. 16 pour over the tops of the cakes and allow to drizzle down the sides
17. 17 garnish with 2 lemon slices and some greens , as desired