Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2008

My Family loves Lemon Cake. Made this one for Easter and it looked wonderful but it was way too dry and 10 family members did not care for it because of that. Have no idea why all the raves on it - or what I could have done wrong. The only thing I did was to add more lemon zest and juice as recommended. Guess I'll have to keep looking for that special Lemon Cake. junie

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ITSJUNIE

Reviewed: Feb. 29, 2008

I made this cake yesterday and it was fantastic! My wonderful in-laws came to visit so I decided to make this for them. They really loved it! I did use 3 lemons saving about 1 1/2 TBL for the glaze. And I used the zest of about 2 of those lemons and it was perfect. I had to print out a copy for my mother-in-law! This is a keeper!

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JACQUI623

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2008

Light lemon flavor. I halved the recipe, used a round, 2-quart casserole dish and madea guess at the lemon. I used the juice and zest of one lemon and a little bit of extra lemon flavor for the topping. The top was a little bit crispy because it was not baked in the correct pan, but the cake was delightfully light and fluffy surprisingly, especially considering the fact that most pound cakes are dense. Nice texture and flavor.

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allrecipesrocks

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2008

This is a very good cake, but as written didn't have enough lemon flavor for me. I increased the amount of lemon juice in the cake and also added some lemon extract. That made it perfect.

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cicada77

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2008

After reading other reviews I did some editing of my own and it came out just like the Starbuck's Lemon Cake! Very moist and delicious. Used the lemon version of buttermilk, 2 lemons worth of lemon juice, and added about a tablespoon of vanilla and lemon extract to the batter. Instead of using so much lemon juice in the glaze I used mostly milk and added just a squeeze of lemon.

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jaxinthebox

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Tampa, Florida, USA

Living In: Orlando, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2008

I thought it was very good! It wasn't too lemony which I liked and also the frosting was really good.

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Terri Newton

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ventura, California, USA

Living In: New Bloomfield, Missouri, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2008

It was just okay to me. Didn't taste bad, just no depth to it.

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Asa

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2007

very moist, I put extra lemon juice and lemon extract 2tbls .. I didn't used lemon peel,time consuming ... sub the lemon extract instead ... after taste is sweet but I will make it again... It does need extra flavor so it will not be so plain tasting..

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jai

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2007

I read what others said and added more lemon. I used a heaping TBS of zest and 3 TBS fresh lemon juice and a tsp lemon extract and it still wasn't enough. I used more zest in the glaze and that helped, but only with the pieces that have it really on there. I will make again, but will add a lot more lemon juice to it in the future.

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Jennifer

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Living In: Granbury, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2007

This was amazing! It was so light and fluffy yet it held its shape really well. The only change i made was i used 4 tablespoons of lemon juice in the cake and 3 in the glaze because i like my lemon...I gave half the cake to my neighbour and i thought she was going to fall off her chair when she tasted it!!! Will absolutely make this again!!!!!! Thankyou!

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