Ingredients for Lemon Cake
- 3 eggs
- 1.5 water glasses (about 200 ml / 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp each) granulated sugar
- 1 water glass vegetable oil
- 1 water glass milk
- 5 lemons
- Flour, as much as needed
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 packet vanilla
How to Make Lemon Cake
Beat 3 eggs and 1.5 water glasses of granulated sugar together with a hand mixer. Add 1 water glass of vegetable oil, 1 water glass of milk, the juice of 4 squeezed lemons, and the zest of 1 lemon, then beat again. Add flour as needed, 1 packet of baking powder, and 1 packet of vanilla, and beat to combine. Pour the prepared batter into a greased cake pan and bake in a 170°C (340°F) oven.
About This Recipe
We've compiled some quick facts about lemons for you. Enjoy!
*Lemon juice contains approximately 5% to 6% citric acid. With a pH of around 2.2, it has quite a tart flavor.
*The exact origin of the lemon is not fully known, but it is thought to have first been cultivated in Assam, a region in northeastern India, northern Burma, or China.
*The lemon tree belongs to the Rutaceae family, a flowering plant family native to Asia, and is a species of small evergreen tree. The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit can be used for both culinary and cleaning purposes, with its juice being used primarily in cooking and for non-culinary purposes as well.
*The first significant cultivation of lemons in Europe began in Genoa in the mid-15th century.
*Iran was introduced to the lemon tree in the 700s AD.
*Lemons entered Europe from Southern Italy in the second century AD, during the Ancient Roman period. It was during that era that large-scale cultivation began.
*The lemon was observed in a field in 10th-century Arab agriculture, and was used as an ornamental plant in early Islamic gardens of that period.
*It is speculated that the origin of the word "lemon" may be from the Middle East. The word was taken from Old French "limon," then from Italian "limon," from Arabic "laymun" or "limun," and from Persian "limun," a general term for a citrus fruit.
*The lemon spread to the Americas in 1493 when Christopher Columbus brought lemon seeds to Hispaniola on his voyages.
*In 1747, a doctor named James Lind conducted a series of experiments on sailors. Although Vitamin C was not yet known at the time, lemons were incorporated into the sailors' diets and the positive effects were documented.
Today we prepared our Lemon Cake recipe for you and we absolutely loved it. If you also licked your fingers :) you should definitely try our Lemon Soda Cake recipe sometime too. Bon appétit in advance...
