Quick and Easy Summer Limoncello Cake

Refreshing limoncello cake will be a crowd-pleaser and an instant hit at your next summer picnic or dinner.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 277 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs, beaten
• cooking spray
• 1 lemon, zested
• 2 tablespoons limoncello liqueur
• 3 tablespoons limoncello liqueur
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.33333334326744 cup canola oil
• 0.5 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

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

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.