Try Delicious Lemon Buttermilk Cake Recipe For Summer Treat

By Vanshika Gaur
12 Apr 2025, 10:00 IST

Finding a zesty and refreshing treat to eat this summer? We bring to you delicious and tasty lemon buttermilk cake, which you can easily make at home with just a few ingredients. Tap to know its recipe!

Ingredients

Take one cup maida, one cup corn flour, one cup unsalted butter, one-fourth teaspoon baking powder and baking soda, and two cups buttermilk.

What Else Do You Need?

Take one fourth cup sugar, three tablespoons lemon zest, two juiced lemons, one and a half cup icing sugar, and two tablespoon lemon juice.

Preparation

Preheat an oven at 180 degree celsius, grease a load tin with butter, and dust it with flour for later use.

Mix

Take a mixing bowl, sift corn flour and maida into it with baking soda and baking powder in it.

Another Mixing bowl

Take another mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter together until it forms a light fluffy texture. Also mix lemon zest in it and keep aside for later use.

Buttermilk

Add half teaspoon lemon juice in buttermilk and stir well. After stirring, mix both flour mixture and sugar mixture into the buttermilk until combined.

Oven

pour the batter into the load tin and bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes. Pass a skewer into the cake to ensure it is cooked. Cool the cake on a wire rack.

Syrup

Take a saucepan, add two juiced lemons and half cup sugar in it. Cook until the sugar dissolves. Once it dissolves, pour it over the cake while it is still hot.

Icing sugar

Slowly add lemon juice into the icing sugar and mix until you achieve a desired consistency. Pour this icing over the cake.

Sprinkle and Serve!

Once the icing is poured over the cake, sprinkle some lemon zest on it and serve!

Information Credits

This recipe is sourced from a trusted food website, Archana’s Kitchen. You can make alterations to this recipe as per your taste and preferences.