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Lemon sheet cake recipe, ANYONE ????

sarahpanda — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:24:46 GMT

I'm on a quest to find a good lemon sheet cake recipe. The one I found online had only 4 eggs, some lemon pie filling and a box of lemon cake mix in it - then frosted with cream cheese icing. I only ate the icing because the cake was ...um...pretty tasteless and rubbery...Do ya'll have any favorites ??

Re: Lemon sheet cake recipe, ANYONE ????

jackthebear — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:23:17 GMT

@sarahpanda wrote:
I'm on a quest to find a good lemon sheet cake recipe. The one I found online had only 4 eggs, some lemon pie filling and a box of lemon cake mix in it - then frosted with cream cheese icing. I only ate the icing because the cake was ...um...pretty tasteless and rubbery...Do ya'll have any favorites ??

how big is the pan?

the best lemon cake is the one in Barefoot Contessa book but it's made in a loaf pan but you could probably make it work in an 8 x 12

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Scooby Doo — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:59:54 GMT

Bake a cake box lemon cake. Then spread a can of lemon pie filling over the top. Then top with Cool Whip.

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:15:09 GMT

This recipe comes from a former co-worker. It is moist and delicious:

2 3/4 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsp fresh lemon zest (3 lemons)

1 3/4 cups sugar

4 eggs

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup plain yogurt

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (zest lemons before juicing)

1 tsp vanilla

Glaze:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 tbsp yogurt

Whisk flour, baking powder and soda, and salt together.

Lightly rub sugar and zest together with fingers in big bowl. Whisk in eggs, oil, yogurt, lemon juice, and vanilla to mix well. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.

Pour batter into greased 9X13" baking pan and bake at 325 degrees until toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Whisk together glaze ingredients until smooth while cake bakes.

Let cake rest for 10 minutes after baking, then pour glaze over warm cake.

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firestorm — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:18:15 GMT

"Bake a cake box lemon cake. Then spread a can of lemon pie filling over the top. Then top with Cool Whip".

Really?

Martha Stewart featured baking with lemons on her lastest "Baking with Martha". The lemon coffee cake looked fab! Check it out.

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DiAnne — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:39:56 GMT

@deepwaterdotter

That lemon cake sounds really good. Even though I am baking impaired I think I can handle that! Thanks

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lovesrecess — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:12:29 GMT

I mix a container of cool whip and a box of instant lemon pudding mix for the frosting

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Honeybit — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:56:33 GMT

@sarahpanda

This may not suit you any better than the one you tried, but when I complimented a lady at our church on her lemon sheet cake, she said she had just used Paula Deen's recipe for Lemon Blossoms and made a sheet cake instead of the mini-cupcakes, then put the glaze on top. Here's Paula's recipe:

Lemon Blossoms

18 1/2-ounce package yellow cake mix

3 1/2-ounce package instant lemon pudding mix

4 large eggs

3/4 cup vegetable oil

Glaze:

4 cups confectioners' sugar

1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

1 lemon, zested

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

3 tablespoons water

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray miniature muffin tins with vegetable oil cooking spray. Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs and oil and blend well with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour a small amount of batter, filling each muffin tin half way. Bake for 12 minutes. Turn out onto a tea towel
To make the glaze, sift the sugar into a mixing bowl. Add the lemon juice, zest, oil, and 3 tablespoons water. Mix with a spoon until smooth.
With fingers, dip the cupcakes into the glaze while they're still warm, covering as much of the cake as possible, or spoon the glaze over the warm cupcakes, turning them to completely coat. Place on wire racks with waxed paper underneath to catch any drips. Let the glaze set thoroughly, about 1 hour, before storing in containers with tight-fitting lids.

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RespectLife — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:07:26 GMT

@sarahpanda wrote:
I'm on a quest to find a good lemon sheet cake recipe. The one I found online had only 4 eggs, some lemon pie filling and a box of lemon cake mix in it - then frosted with cream cheese icing. I only ate the icing because the cake was ...um...pretty tasteless and rubbery...Do ya'll have any favorites ??

@sarahpanda

I made that...it WAS rubbery! I was SO mad I wasted the money on the ingredients! Worst recipe I have ever made! Usually, I can get DH to eat most of something 'not so good', but he wouldn't touch this and in the trash it went.

I would like to suggest

lifeloveandsugar dot com

Her site is fabulous and she is a master of desserts. The lemon cakes I have made from her site are superb!!

Almost always from scratch if that is okay with you.

I can't remember if she has a Lemon Sheet Cake, but I am sure her Lemon Layer cakes could be made into a sheet cake.

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sarahpanda — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:08:24 GMT

@Honeybit

Thanks for the lemon blossoms suggestion. I fixed them today and they turned out great. I'll definitely make them again.

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Honeybit — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:00:26 GMT

@sarahpanda Glad you liked them. My Mom used to make Lemon Blossoms for our grammar school class back when there were Room Mothers and no one had ever heard of Paula Deen. I had never thought of making them as a sheet cake until I tasted the one at church. If you like gingerbread, I have also made mini gingerbread muffins and dunked them in the same lemon glaze. ("Back in the Day" gingerbread was always served with a lemon sauce.)

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sarahpanda — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:03:21 GMT

I can remember as a child, mom would fix some (box) gingerbread and then make a lemon sauce to serve over the top. I haven't thought of that in years !! I might have to drag up that lemon sauce recipe....it was fantastic.

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ottowatoo — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:10:53 GMT

I use to work for a bakery. Take the Duncan Hines lemon cake mix., use the recipe on the side of the box...except replace the lemon pudding with lemon jello. You have to be more careful as the jello is more fragile. When finished, poke large fork on top of cake....use glaze over top....soo good. (Glaze, powder sugar mixed with lemon juice....I use more lemon juice for taste than more sugar)...Let me know if you try it. It was one of her more popular cakes.

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sarahpanda — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:20:15 GMT

@ ottowatoo: THANKS , I THINK I'LL TRY THAT TOO !!

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DeeDee1951 — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:06:52 GMT

Anyone...is there a way to save the recipes I like?

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Mindy D — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:50:01 GMT

If you have a hankering and no time to bake, Entenmanns makes a great Iced Lemon Cake.

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:55:29 GMT

I don't make a lemon sheet cake, I make a lemon pound cake in a bundt pan.

I add a package of instant lemon pudding to lemon cake mix along with 5 large eggs, 1 cup of water and 1/3 cup of oil. (The recipe calls for 4 large eggs - imo they are not large anymore so I've increased it by one. If I happen to have jumbo eggs, I will use 4.

Grease and flour the pan and bake at 350 for 50 minutes.

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Honeybit — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:11:13 GMT

@DeeDee1951

If you're reading this site from a computer, do you know how to highlight onscreen text by selecting it with your mouse? Then do a copy (EDIT>Copy or a CTRL-C). Open a blank document in your word processor and then paste the highlighted text into the blank document (EDIT>Paste or a CTRL-V). Then save the document into your RECIPES directory (if you have one).

If you're using a tablet or other device, sorry I don't know the procedure for those.

If you need more detailed information about doing it from a computer, let me know and I can provide more specific instructions.

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SouthernBee — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:36:15 GMT

@Honeybit: Brings back wonderful memories. My Mother would bake us a special treat on Sunday after church and this was one of my favorites. Sadly when we moved, the notebook with Mom’s recipes was lost and didn’t have time to duplicate all the recipes before she died.Southern Bee

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SouthernBee — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 20:41:16 GMT

@Mindy D: Definitely willing to try this if I can find it. DH doesn’t like anything lemon or orange and I hate to bake something just for me. I have a few times baked something lemon and then put individual slices in the freezer. Southern Bee