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March 19, 2018 Cakes & Brownies

Eggless Lemon Cake

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This eggless lemon cake recipe is very special. It is an old recipe that I had posted on my blog when it was hosted on blogspot. When I moved to word press, I lost that recipe somewhere and it never made it to the new website. A lot of you who had made the the eggless lemon cake asked for the recipe again but the sad truth was that I had never written down the recipe anywhere besides the blog. I thought the recipe was lost forever.

eggless lemon cake

Last month, when I was in Dubai, I met a few of my readers for dinner. One of them happened to mention that the eggless lemon cake recipe from my blog is her favorite and how she has it written down in her diary because she makes it so often. That is how I found this recipe back and that is what makes it so special. I’m so glad I’m able to share it here again for those who’ve made it earlier and liked it and also for those who’d want to give it a shot.

While I love this lemon cake for how special the recipe is to me, you have several other reasons to try it. This eggless lemon cake is-

  • flavorful
  • light
  • soft
  • easy to make
  • delicious

eggless lemon cake

Ingredients for eggless lemon cake

The lemon cake is flavored using both lemon zest and lemon juice. To zest your lemon, use a micro-plane zester or a small grater. While zesting, make sure you are only getting the yellow skin of the lemon and not the inner white skin, which is bitter. Always remember to freshly zest your lemon right before you need it for the cake. Don’t keep the rest resting. I also recommend using freshly squeezed lemon juice for the cake. Besides that, all ingredients for the recipe are simple and basic. All-purpose flour is regular maida. Castor sugar is superfine sugar. Please don’t use granulated sugar if you can get your hands on castor sugar.

How to make lemon cake eggless

The egg substitute here is Greek yogurt. I like using Greek yogurt instead of regular curd because homemade curd is usually very watery. If you don’t have Greek yogurt, you can use market bought curd or hung curd. Just get rid of all the extra water and use only thick curd for this recipe. A lot of eggless lemon sponge cake recipes call for condensed milk but I don’t prefer using that as it makes the cakes very sweet.

Tip to bake lemon cake in microwave

Do you want to bake an eggless lemon cake recipe in microwave?  All you have to do while baking this cake in the microwave is to reduce the baking time by 25%. So in the microwave, this will only take 22-25 minutes at 180*C. Everything else remains the same.

You can eat this cake as it is or layer it with frosting. You can either use a vanilla bean buttercream frosting or cream-cheese frosting. If you bake this eggless lemon cake at home, don’t forget to share pictures with me by using #BAKEWITHSHIVESH. Happy Baking!

5.0 from 2 reviews
EGGLESS LEMON CAKE
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
50 mins
 
Serves: one 9" cake
Ingredients
  • 1 +1/2 cup (180g) all purpose flour (maida)
  • ½ teaspoon (3g) baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon (4g) baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon (6g) lemon zest
  • ¾ cup (180mL) vegetable oil
  • 1 + ½ cup (300g) castor sugar
  • 1 cup (285g) Greek yogurt
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 tablespoon (75mL) lemon juice
  • ½ cup (120mL) milk + 1 tsp white vinegar, rested for 5 minutes
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180*C. Line a 9" cake pan with parchment paper
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and lemon zest
  3. In a separate bowl, beat vegetable oil and sugar.
  4. Beat in the Greek yogurt, vanilla extract and lemon juice.
  5. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three batches, alternating with milk. Use a spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Do not over mix.
  6. Transfer the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake at 180*C for 35-40 minutes.
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  1. AvatarHarshi says

    March 19, 2018 at 1:18 pm

    Wow, i had been waiting for a proper lemon cake recipe, will try it tomorrow

    Reply
    • bake with shiveshbake with shivesh says

      March 29, 2018 at 4:40 am

      YAY

      Reply
  2. AvatarIva says

    March 19, 2018 at 5:23 pm

    Can I use this recipe with a 7 inch round pan? Thanks.

    Reply
    • AvatarIva says

      March 19, 2018 at 5:25 pm

      Also using bio coconut oil instead of vegetable oil?

      Reply
      • bake with shiveshbake with shivesh says

        March 29, 2018 at 4:39 am

        you can try

        Reply
    • bake with shiveshbake with shivesh says

      March 29, 2018 at 4:39 am

      sure!

      Reply
  3. AvatarRiya says

    April 9, 2018 at 7:53 am

    Is it ok to replace the white vinegar with apple cider vinegar?

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    • bake with shiveshbake with shivesh says

      May 3, 2018 at 4:30 am

      you can give it a shot

      Reply
  4. AvatarMeghna Nahata says

    April 11, 2018 at 6:12 am

    Tried lemon cake for the first time… Your recipe is amazing… Everybody loves it….
    Thank you so much and keep sharing more eggless recipes ?

    Reply
    • bake with shiveshbake with shivesh says

      May 3, 2018 at 4:27 am

      YAYY! so happy to hear that. Thanks a lot 😀

      Reply
  5. AvatarRufina says

    June 30, 2018 at 8:27 am

    Hey Shivesh, tried this lemon cake as well for the office potluck.. And it was a HIT!!
    Blooper- I got the Epigamia Natural Greek Yogurt.,and I accidently added the blueberry Greek Yogurt but it tasted YUM…;)

    Reply
    • bake with shiveshbake with shivesh says

      July 5, 2018 at 5:56 pm

      haha that is great news! So glad you liked it. Keep baking 😀

      Reply
  6. AvatarPriya says

    October 8, 2018 at 4:35 pm

    How can I convert this to a lemon coconut cake with coconut milk

    Reply
    • ShiveshShivesh says

      December 29, 2018 at 7:40 am

      or maybe just add some shredded coconut to the batter

      Reply
  7. AvatarAkanksha says

    November 14, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    Hi dear,
    For the very first time I m going to try your recepie and I HV a doubt” it works if I use butter instead of oil”

    Reply
    • ShiveshShivesh says

      December 29, 2018 at 7:19 am

      Hi! I recommend sticking to vegetable oil for this recipe because it is eggless. If it is an egg recipe, you can use equal quantity of butter

      Reply
  8. AvatarShikha Jain says

    November 19, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    In what size cake should the batter be transferred to?

    Reply
    • AvatarShikha Jain says

      November 19, 2018 at 12:08 pm

      Cake tin*

      Reply
  9. AvatarRadhika says

    November 22, 2018 at 9:45 am

    Is Greek yoghurt necessary? Can it be replaced by regular yoghurt or home-made curd?

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    • ShiveshShivesh says

      December 29, 2018 at 7:13 am

      Greek yogurt is thick and regular curd is too watery. You can try using hung curd

      Reply
  10. AvatarPriyanka says

    December 3, 2018 at 2:41 am

    If I don’t want to use oven..Is there any alternative for that? Can I try it on steamer? If yes..How much time will it take to bake?

    Reply
    • ShiveshShivesh says

      December 29, 2018 at 7:03 am

      Hi! i haven’t tried doing that but you can give it a shot. Let me know how it turns out

      Reply
  11. AvatarNisha says

    February 8, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    Hi Shivesh

    I tried half quantity of the recipe ,but with orange zest and juice instead of lemon.
    And reduced the sugar to 90 gma ( instead of 150 gms ) as we do not eat too sweet at home, and I will be layering the same.
    The cake turned out delicious and moist, but a bit delicate and sticky..any reason you can advise why this would happen, as I want to use this sponge base for a layer cake, and am afraid it may break.
    Also when compared this recipe to your eggless chocolate sponge, the rest of the ingredients are the same, but there, there ,is 75 gms of cocoa as well…whereas here it’s only 180 gma flour..is there,usually, that much of a difference of between a vanilla and chocolate sponge flour ratio?
    Pls advise.

    Reply
  12. AvatarSaanya Kaistha says

    March 2, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    Hey Shivesh! I love your recipes! And love the new kitchen!!
    I just have one query, I tried the eggless lemon cake recipe with vanilla buttercream. It tastes great but I think it didn’t rise as much. Feels a bit dense. I baked in my microwave but on the convection mode. At 175° for 40 mins. Could that have been the problem?

    Reply
    • ShiveshShivesh says

      March 14, 2019 at 5:13 am

      Hi Saanya

      Thank you so much. It could be because of over mixing of dry and wet ingredients- that knocks out all the air and results in a dens cake 🙁

      Reply
  13. AvatarRashi says

    March 26, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    This recipe is amazing! I tried it out today…everyone loved it ❤️

    Reply
  14. AvatarSaumya says

    April 5, 2019 at 10:13 am

    Hey Shivesh, can I substitute the sugar in this recipe (or any of your other eggless recipes) with Maple syrup?? I have pure maple syrup from Canada just lying around and I somehow want to use it before it expires! (it’s not every day that I bake sweet stuff at home)

    Reply
  15. AvatarEggless Sponge Cake says

    April 13, 2019 at 12:08 pm

    Wow…. Great, thank you to mentioning microwave method; I was really searching for. Thank you!

    Reply
    • ShiveshShivesh says

      April 28, 2019 at 6:01 pm

      so glad I could help

      Reply
  16. Avatarneet says

    April 28, 2019 at 6:03 am

    For both flour and sugar measures , you write 1+1/2 cup. Is it the same as 1.5 cups or does it indicate anything else ?Also if I want to bake the same recipe with whole wheat flour instead of refined flour , how should the baking powder & baking soda measures be changed?

    Reply
    • ShiveshShivesh says

      April 28, 2019 at 5:48 pm

      1 + 1/2 and 1.5 is the same. I would not recommend using whole wheat flour here since it’s an eggless recipe. The cake would become too dense

      Reply
  17. AvatarAashita says

    June 13, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    Milk and vinegar combined have to be rested for 5 minutes???

    Reply

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