Lemon Strawberry cake is the perfect spring and summer dessert that could not be more delicious. It is extremely moist and bursting with fresh strawberry and lemon flavors. This cake is so easy to make, all you need are a few simple ingredients and you will have a showstopper at your next spring/summer soiree.
Tips for the Best Lemon Strawberry Cake
A lot of people find baking to be intimidating but it does not have to be. This strawberry lemon cake is so easy to make from scratch that it’s almost impossible to mess this up. Follow these tips and you’ll have the best strawberry lemon cake.
- Use fresh strawberries and lemon juice. You can use frozen strawberries or packaged lemon juice or extract but fresh ingredients are always better.
- Measure the ingredients properly. This is the most important step to successful baking. Mis-measuring flour is a common mistake in baking. For accurate measurement, make sure to always spoon and level your flour instead of scoop. How to spoon & level: use a spoon to scoop the flour into a measuring cup then slide the flat end of a knife over the top of the measuring cup to level the flour and remove the excess.
- Don’t leave out the lemon zest. This is what elevates the lemon flavor of the cake.
- Use room temperature ingredients. Make sure the eggs, butter, and sour cream are at room temperature before adding them to the mixture. This helps to make the cake moist and soft instead of dry and dense.
- Beat the butter and sugar well. This will add air to the batter and make the cake fluffy and tender
- Do not overmix the batter. Over mixing the cake batter will result in a dense cake. Mix each ingredient until it is just combined. The batter does not have to be perfectly smooth. This is also why using room temperature ingredients is better because they incorporate more evenly.
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