After indulging in waaay too much chocolate over Easter, this easy Thermomix Lemon Cake is the perfect recipe to satisfy your sweet cravings without eating more chocolate.
Don't forget to view our delicious Thermomix Butter Cake here!
This cake is deliciously light and moist and has just the right amount of lemon in it, so that even the kids will love eating it too. I like to top mine with a simple lemon icing but it's also delicious all on its own, dusted with a little icing sugar or with a thick layer of cream cheese frosting if you are looking to make it extra indulgent. This easy Thermomix Lemon Cake is also perfect for the freezer; I like to cut it into slices and pop a couple into zip lock bags for when unexpected guests (or those times when I just feel like a piece of cake!) drop by.
If you love fruits in your cakes, do not miss our Thermomix Banana Cake recipe! It is absolutely delicious!
Ingredients
- 125 g butter – softened
- 220 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 225 g plain flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 125 g milk
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 150 degrees Celsius. Line a large loaf tin with baking paper and set aside until needed.
- Place the softened butter and sugar into your Thermomix bowl and mix 30 seconds, Speed 5 until pale and creamy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and and mix for 30 seconds, Speed 5.
- Add the remainder of your ingredients and mix for 10 seconds, Speed 4 or until your mixture is smooth and well combined. Mix for a further 5 - 10 seconds on Speed 4 if necessary.
- Pour the mixture into your prepared loaf tin and place in the oven to bake for 50 minutes. or until the cake is cooked through when tested with a skewer.
- Carefully remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, prepare the lemon icing by sifting 1 ¼ cups of icing sugar into a bowl and adding 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Mix the ingredients together until they are smooth.
- Use a spatula or a butter knife to spread the icing over the cake.
Are you over chocolate too?
Jo says
I made this today and it was delicious. I left the icing off though but added melted sugar and lemon juice and brushed this on top after pricking the top this made it very moist and the whole family loved it.
I agree with the comment about adding the sugar with the butter first as it was nearly curdling. I did it in the TM6.
Jeanette Lazarides says
Surprisingly moist. Beautiful aroma of lemon
Lucy says
I'm so thrilled you liked it!
Danika says
I want to try this in a Bundt tin, would you recommend doubling the recipe?
Lucy says
Hi Danika, if you double the recipe, you'll need to reduce the oven temp slightly and also cover the tin with foil partway through baking to prevent over-browning!
RAY says
Is that 150 c Fan assisted?
Lucy says
Hi Ray, yes 150 degrees celsius (fan-forced). 🙂
Praise says
hi, should the butter be salted or unsalted?
Lauren Matheson says
Hi, you can use either 🙂
Carley says
I followed everything from the recipe and Holey mouth watering!! So moist and tasty. Thank you for sharing it.
Mrs Tania Peto says
Just make this wonderful moist lemon cake . Love it will definitely be making again and will try changing too orange cake . Thanks again xx
Lucy Mathieson says
It's delicious as an orange cake too!
Laurie says
Although I changed the icing a bit (too tart for us), we followed the cake recipe exactly and it was so moist, perfectly sweetened deliciousness. Making our 2nd cake now. Thank you this is our new favorite.
Lucy Mathieson says
Perfect! Thank you so much!!!!
Jihane Feghali says
Is it for the TM5? latest thermomix ?
Lucy Mathieson says
Hi there, it will work in both the TM31 and the TM 5.
Jihane Feghali says
Is it for the TM5?
Lucy Mathieson says
Hi there, it will work in both the TM31 and the TM 5
Leisa says
Thank you for posting. Do you think I could substitute the lemon rind/juice for orange to have an orange cake? I'm baking for a cake stall and want to cut time by making multiple but vary the flavour! thank you!
Lucy Mathieson says
Definitely!!
Brian Foot says
I found this recipe a few days ago and reluctantly tried it having discovered most lemon cake recipes to be dry. This one was SENSATIONAL! Thanks heaps. The lads on the building site have requested as many as I care to make for morning tea. This has become my new favourite cake. Also I doubled the recipe and baked it in an 8" square pan and it worked out very well but I had to fiddle a bit with the baking time.
Lucy says
That is just the best feedback!! Thank you so much!
sarah machbaete says
Hey Lauren 🙂 Thank you for all the recipies you share with us.
When you say cup, is it the cup of Thermomix? I live in Morocco and we use grs not cups.
Lucy says
Hi Sarah, no it's an actual 1 cup measuring cup 🙂
Pamela says
Hihi if I wanna make this cake in a round tin, what's the approximate pan size to use? Thanks!!
Lauren says
Hi Pamela, I'd use a small round tin, maybe an 18cm?
Pamela says
Thanks Lauren!
Pamela says
Hihi Lauren! I made this cake today for my niece's birthday. I doubled the recipe but reduce the amount of sugar. Everyone loved the cake!
Lauren says
Excellent! I hope your niece had a great day xx
Marisa says
Great recipe, but perhaps cream the butter and sugar first before adding one egg at a time, on a slower speed, so as not to curdle the butter. Also would be great if this recipe used grams instead of cup measurements, so as to utilize the scales on the Thermomix. First world problem, though ?
Lucy says
Thanks Marisa, all of our newer recipes on ThermoBliss have measurements in grams and we're working on changing the older ones too. Thanks for the feedback!
Bev says
I'm assuming the 150° is Celsius? That should really be clarified.
Lucy says
Hi Bev, yes celsius 🙂