French Lemon Cake法式柠檬蛋糕

This delicate French Lemon Cake with Lemon Glaze is the perfect dessert for teatime.☕ This Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake is one of my favorite cakes. It is a sweet and buttery cake with a moist texture and a tangy lemon flavor that comes from adding both lemon zest and lemon juice to the cake batter.🍋😊

This Lemon Cake is moist and soft. It is wonderful with the zesty lemon glaze. You'll love how easy it is to make this refreshing cake.

这款美味的法国柠檬蛋糕是下午茶的完美甜点。😘 这个柠檬糖霜柠檬蛋糕是我最喜欢的蛋糕之一。它是一种甜甜的黄油蛋糕，具有湿润的质地和浓郁的柠檬味，因为蛋糕面糊中添加了柠檬皮和柠檬汁而制成的。

这款蛋糕的质地湿嫩与柔软，又香甜清爽，再加上酸酸甜甜的柠檬糖霜，非常棒。您一定会爱上这个制作简单又容易上手的柠檬蛋糕。😉

Ingredients:

120g (1/2 cup) butter, at room temperature黄油(室温)

160g (3/4 cup) caster sugar细砂糖

2 eggs, at room temperature鸡蛋(室温)

1/2 cup plain yogurt原味酸奶

220g (2 cup )All purpose flour中筋面粉

1 tsp baking powder发粉

1/4 cup lemon juice柠檬汁

1/4 cup milk牛奶

Lemon zest (1 whole lemon)柠檬皮(1整个柠檬)

Lemon glaze柠檬糖霜:

3/4 cup icing sugar糖粉

2 tbsp lemon juice柠檬汁

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease and line a 20cm round cake pan with baking paper. 

2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. 

3. Add eggs,  beating well. Beat in the yogurt.

4. Sift flour over butter mixture, beating until well blended. Beat in the lemon zest, lemon juice, and milk.

6. Pour mixture into prepared pan, level surface. Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Stand cake in pan for 5 minutes, then turnout onto a wire rack to cool completely.

7. Meanwhile, to make lemon icing; sift icing sugar into a large bowl. Gradually add juice, stirring until smooth.

8. Spread lemon icing over cooled cake, allowing it to drip down the sides. Serve sprinkled with zest.

蛋糕制作步骤：
1.将烤箱预热至180ºC。在一个20cm的圆形蛋糕盘上抹上油并放上烘培纸。
2.使用电动搅拌机在碗中搅拌黄油和糖，直至呈乳白色状态。
3.加入鸡蛋，搅拌均匀。再加入酸奶拌打均匀。
4.把过筛面粉加入，搅拌直至充分混合。加入柠檬皮屑，柠檬汁和牛奶，搅拌均匀。
6.将面糊倒入准备好的盘中，送入烤箱烘烤45分钟，或直到插入中心的竹签取出干净为止。将蛋糕置在盘中5分钟，然后将其取出放在铁丝架上待完全冷却。
7.同时，等待蛋糕冷却时做柠檬糖霜；将糖粉筛入大碗中。逐渐加入柠檬汁，搅拌至均匀。
8.将柠檬糖霜撒在冷却的蛋糕上，让其滴落到两侧。再撒上一些柠檬皮点缀。

Happy Baking!