{"id":9859,"date":"2022-03-02T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:57:34","slug":"lemon-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/03\/02\/lemon-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I haven&#8217;t shared any recipe posts for a while, and this one is as simple as they come.  I had a request for a lemon cake and after combing through the ideas and scraps that I have gathered I landed on a recipe that seemed right.  As I always do, I tweaked it a little and have recorded it here for you in case you, like me, collect recipe ideas and scraps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9848\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/image012-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1638344374&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-324x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-486x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-486x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9848 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-486x600.jpg 486w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-324x400.jpg 324w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1-117x144.jpg 117w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image012-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>INGREDIENTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3\/4 c salted butter<\/li><li>1 c sugar<\/li><li>3 large eggs<\/li><li>3 large lemons (unwaxed and zested)<\/li><li>2 c flour<\/li><li>1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/li><li>1\/2 c Greek yogurt<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Heat oven to 340 F and grease and line the bottom of a loose bottomed 8 in cake pan.  Beat butter and sugar together until pale in color then add eggs one at a time.  Stir in lemon zest, baking powder, and then yogurt.  Spoon mixture into tin and smooth.  Bake for 50 minutes or until golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cracking on top is a-ok.  For this I just did a simple lemon sugar glaze.  It is wonderfully fresh.  Dense like a pound cake and moist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t shared any recipe posts for a while, and this one is as simple as they come. I had a request for a lemon cake and after combing through the ideas and scraps that I have gathered I landed on a recipe that seemed right. As I always do, I tweaked it a little&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/03\/02\/lemon-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lemon Cake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-9859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10821,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/12\/13\/baking-vegan-with-old-recipes\/","url_meta":{"origin":9859,"position":0},"title":"Baking vegan with old recipes","author":"leems","date":"December 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite recipes for the holiday season is Hot Water Ginger Bread, which I have dubbed: 'no ingredients left in the house ginger bread.' 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