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Valentina's Lemon Cake

very simple recipe medium time servings 6 read the post

This super recipe comes from Valentina, Federica's friend. It's a light cake and super easy to do. Perfect now days that the lemons are on season! Choose organic fresh lemons, if you can, since you will use the zest!

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Ingredients

- 300g flour

- 200g sugar

- 1 cup of milk

- half cup of vegetable oil

- 3 eggs

- 2 teaspoons of baking soda (about 12g)

- 2 lemon zest

- 1 emon juice

- powdered sugar (optional)

 

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Prepare the ingredients: mix flour and baking powder, measure the milk and the oil.

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In a mixing bowl add the eggs and the sugar and whip them. Then add the zest of 2 lemons.

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Gently add the dried and wet ingredients: flour mixture, milk and oil.

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Butter a cake pan and puor the cake mixture in it.

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Bake in the oven at 180°C (350F) for 40 minutes or until a stick comes out dry. Let it cool at room temperature for 10 minutes then take the cake out of the pan and place it on a serving plate. With a wooden stick make some holes in the cake.

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Squeeze one lemon and pout the lemon juice in the holes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you like.

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Serve cold.

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