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Lemon Cake

Meme's Lemon Cake
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 15 large slice or 20 smaller slices

Equipment

  • 1 Hand or stand mixer
  • 1 9x13 Cake Pan

Ingredients
  

Lemon Cake

  • 1 box Yellow Cake Mix
  • 1 pkg Lemon Jell-O - gelatin the pudding works, too!
  • 4 Eggs
  • ¾ cup Cooking Oil I use vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup Water
  • 1 tsp Lemon Extract

Glaze

  • ½ box Powdered Sugar
  • 5 or 6 Tbsp Lemon Juice

Instructions
 

Lemon Cake

  • Mix together yellow cake mix and gelatin.
  • Add eggs, oil, water, and lemon extract.
  • Beat for 2 minutes.
  • Pour in greased and floured 13x9 pan.
  • Bake 350 °F for 30 to 35 minutes or until done.

Glaze

  • Mix together powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to create a pourable glaze.

Final Cake

  • Poke holes, with a large two-pronged fork, in the top of the cake while still hot.
  • Pour the glaze over the hot cake.
  • Let the cake sit until the glaze has soaked in the cake and set.