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Board with lemon cream cake with blueberries

Lemon Sour Cream Cake

Judith
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 slices

Ingredients
  

For the batter:

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 3 organic lemons
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp baking powder

For the frosting:

  • 1 organic lemon zest and juice
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3 tbsp powdered sugar
  • blueberries optional

Instructions
 

  • Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with some butter and preheat the oven to 350°F.
  • Wash the lemons thoroughly, then dry and zest them. Juice only half a lemon. Then set both the juice and the zest.
  • Using a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Then, beat the eggs in one at a time.
  • While mixing, add the sour cream, milk, lemon juice and lemon zest into the cream.
  • In a separate bow,, combine the flour with the cornstarch, salt, vanilla extract and baking powder. Stir the dry ingredients into the batter.
  • Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake the cake for 45 minutes in the oven.
  • In the meantime, make the frosting. Juice another half a lemon and zest it.
  • Then, mix the sour cream with the powdered sugar and the lemon juice until smooth. Frost the cake and sprinkle with lemon zest and blueberries before serving.