Are you looking for a delicious and refreshing treat to enjoy with your tea? then a glazed lemon tea cake is a perfect choice. This is a tea cake that is light, moist and fluffy with a zesty lemon flavor and often topped with a glaze made with sugar and lemon juice, hence the name lemon tea cake. This cake is easy and bakes in no time. The sweet glaze on top adds an extra touch of indulgence that you would love to attempt.
Tea cake comes in many shapes and forms mostly depending on the ingredients. These cakes can be made using lemon juice and zest, almond, chocolate, vanilla, coconut or fruits. Tea cake made with lemon juice and zest is called lemon tea cake. With the addition of the lemon glaze, lemon tea cake stays moist for several days.
Why you will love this glazed lemon tea cake
- It’s Healthy: Lemon is rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, which can boost your immune system and aid digestion. Adding lemons to this cake cake makes it a nutritious treat.
- It’s sweet and tart: The cake itself is sweet and the glaze is tart. This combination creates a perfect balance of flavors thus making a delightful treat for you and family or friends.
- It’s light and moist: This cake is light, airy, and moist, thus making it easy to indulge without feeling too heavy.
- Its versatile: It can be eaten anytime of the day whether as breakfast, as a snack or a dessert.
Variations of Lemon tea cake
There are variations ways of making lemon tea cake to change up its flavor and texture. Add 1 cup of fresh blueberries to the batter before pouring to the cake take to make lemon blueberries tea cake. Add 1/2 cup of sliced almond to the flour mixture to make Lemon Almond tea cake with a crunchy texture. If you are a cheese person, replace 1/2 of the butter with 1/2 ricotta cheese to make lemon ricotta tea cake that you will love for breakfast. The variations of this lemon tea cake are many experiment with different ingredients to make a perfect one for breakfast. Here are other interesting lemon cakes that you may want to try:
How to make glazed lemon tea cake
Glazed lemon cake is the easiest and quickest cake to make with ingredients that are readily available in your kitchen. The main ingredient in this cake is the lemon juice and the zest. Here is a quick and easy lemon tea cake recipe to try:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Zest of one lemon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Lemon glaze
- 1 cup water
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 1/4 cup honey
Instructions:
Step one:
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C), butter and grease 9 by 5 inch cake tin.
Step two:
In a mixing bowl, blend butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, lemon juice, vanilla extract and zest and mix well. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture into the egg mixture and mix. If the consistency of the batter is heavy, add milk gradually to a desired consistency. Ensure that you do not overmix the batter.
Step three:
Fill prepared cake tin to almost three-quarters full, and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the toothpick test for doneness returns positive results.
Step four: prepare Lemon glaze
Combine all the ingredients for the glaze in a small saucepan and simmer for about 10 minutes. The glaze should be thick but pourable
Step five:
Once the cake is done, remove from the oven and let it rest in the cake tin for 5 minutes then remove from the cake tin. While the cake is still hot, pour the lemon glaze over top, allowing it to run down and sides. Let the cake cool before serving.
Easy glazed lemon tea cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar gradulated
- 3 eggs beaten
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Lemon glaze
- 1 cup water
- 2 lemon juice
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
Step 1:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C), butter and grease 9 by 5 inch cake tin.
Step 2:
- In a mixing bowl, blend butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, lemon juice, vanilla extract and zest and mix well.
- In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the flour mixture into the egg mixture and mix. If the consistency of the batter is heavy, add milk gradually to a desired consistency.
Step 3:
- Fill prepared cake tin to almost three-quarters full, and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the toothpick test for doneness returns positive results.
Step 4 – prepare lemon glaze:
- Combine all the ingredients for the glaze in a small saucepan and simmer for about 10 minutes. The glaze should be thick but pourable
Step 5:
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it rest in the cake tin for 5 minutes then remove from the cake tin.
- While the cake is still hot, pour the lemon glaze over top, allowing it to run down and sides.
- Let the cake cool before serving.
