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This cake is super simple to make and loaded with intense citrus lemon flavor.
Our Whole Orange Blender Cake went mega viral so we knew we had to create a lemon version. I switched up the recipe and used a more traditional approach with all purpose flour and cane sugar. This cake is awesome and definitely packed with all the lemon flavors. It has a dense texture which is due to the blender process.
The best type of lemon for this recipe is a Meyer’s Lemon -if you have it. I did not have it and used a regular lemon and it came out great. If you don’t have Vanilla Greek Yogurt, simply use regular Greek yogurt and add in 1 tsp vanilla extract and a bit more sugar to the blender.
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Whole Lemon Blender Cake
Equipment
- blender (or food processor)
Ingredients
- 1 large organic lemon
- 3 eggs
- 1¾ cups (218.75 g) all purpose flour,, sifted
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup (78.86 ml) olive oil
- 1/3 cup (66.67 g) vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1¼ cup (250 g) sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ Line an 8 inch cake pan with parchment paper and also grease it with oil or butter.
- Special Note: the texture of this cake is dense and packed with lemony citrus flavor. You will love it! Let it cool COMPLETELY prior to serving though.
- Quarter slice your lemon, remove any exterior stems and all seeds.
- Add all of the ingredients to your blender or food processor IN THE ORDER THEY ARE LISTED ABOVE. Process or blend until JUST smooth. Do NOT over blend. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Allow to set in the pan on your counter for 20 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to fully cool completely.
- Optional: dust top of the cake with a little powdered sugar + lemon zest
**What’s the best way to store this?? My cake is in the oven now to take to my parents tonight for after dinner. Hopefully it turns out great. I only had an 8 inch springform pan so hope it works. Five star on ease of making. Haven’t tasted it yet so will come back to review when I do.
Store in an airtight container on your counter – up to 4-5 days.
Delicious! My hubby and I have been enjoying a piece for dessert after dinner for a few days now. While enjoying his cake last night he said, “this is so good. Please make it again.” Done! Love the denseness, simplicity of preparation, and great lemon tang.
This is amazing and came out perfect. I only used 1 cup of sugar as I like things just “slightly” sweet and added chopped white chocolate for a decadent twist. The tiny chunks of lemon that didn’t get blended almost taste like candied lemon peel. Cake was moist and dense, and my kitchen smelled like lemony delight. Recipe would be great as is but fun to play.
Definitely give it a try!
Thank you 😊
Thank you for the kind feedback on the cake!
I made this last year when I harvested my lemons and year I just had to find this recipe again because it’s the first thing I wanted to make this year!!
We LOVE IT !! ❤️ 😍
Hi Lisa, that’s awesome! Thank you for trying the cake out!
Made this cake this morning, haven’t tasted it yet. Looks pretty.
Am I only baker who did what the instructions said, put each ingredient in the blender, one after another on top of each other
OR
Did everyone else understand to blend as you put in the ingredients ??
Mine was a globby mess and not mixing until I used a spatula in the unplugged blender and finally got it all in a bowl. What a mess.
We’ll see how it tastes later this evening.
Hi Ruth. It worked great for me in my ninja blender. I think you need to use a powerful blender or food processor and it blends quickly and perfectly. A regular blender definitely wouldn’t work as well in my opinion. So not sure that was your issue or not but I wanted to throw that out there. Love my ninja blender. It’s the only blender I use.
Hi Stella! I’ve made this cake several times and absolutely love it! Even my hubby, (who’s generally a strict sugary, chocolate kind of guy), can’t get enough of it!🤭 The only thing that I did differently was to cut back on the baking time. Loving all of your recipes!😋