Quick and Easy Summer Limoncello Cake recipe

All Recipes Dessert Recipes Specialty Dessert Recipes Liqueur Dessert Recipes

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 cup sour cream
1 cup white sugar
⅓ cup canola oil
2 eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons limoncello liqueur
1 lemon, zested
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
½ cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons limoncello liqueur

Nutrition Info

277.1 calories
carbohydrate: 39.9 g
cholesterol: 39.4 mg
fat: 11.3 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 3.8 g
saturatedFat: 3.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 135.9 mg
sugar: 22.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch square cake pan with cooking spray.

  2. Whisk sour cream, white sugar, canola oil, eggs, 3 tablespoons limoncello, and lemon zest together in a large bowl.

  3. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl. Add flour mixture to sour cream mixture, stir with a wooden spoon until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared cake pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 33 to 35 minutes. Cool cake in the pan for 5 minutes.

  5. Whisk confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons limoncello liqueur together in a bowl until glaze is thin and smooth. Spread glaze over the top of the cake. Cool cake completely before slicing.

Recipe Yield

1 cake

Recipe Note

Limoncello cake is refreshing cake great for a summer picnic or dinner. Quick and easy to make. A scratch cake that will impress your guests. My mom taught me how to make this cake.

Do you like the recipe? Share this tasty recipe!