How to Make a Lemon Cake with Essential Oils

A delicious Lemon Cake that uses Lemon Essential oil in place of lemon zest or lemon juice.

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I am so excited to share with you this delicious lemon cake recipe. It is amazingly moist and seriously one of my favorite desserts for Spring. I can’t get enough of it, and neither can anyone else who spies it. It’s really easy, and it’s delicious!

The secret to this dessert: I use lemon essential oil to make it flavorful.

Learn about more uses for essential oils here!

What Ingredients should I use to make a Lemon Cake

To make this yummy lemon cake, you will need to have a few supplies on hand.

• unsalted butter softened
• sugar
• eggs
• powdered sugar
• salt
• flour
• baking powder
• sugar
• 1/2 cup water with 4 drops Lemon Essential Oil (This is the brand I use) to make lemon water

Steps to Make a Lemon Cake with Lemon Essential Oil

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix 1 cup sugar and butter together in a medium mixing bowl. Add in eggs.

Add in 1 tbsp of the lemon water, mix well.

Add in salt, flour, and baking powder, mix well.

Pour into a round 8″ baking pan.

Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until you get a clean toothpick from the center.

Allow to cool slightly.

Lemon Cake Recipe

Mix 1/3 cup lemon water and 1/4 cup powdered sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar.

Drizzle over the top of the cake, and then sprinkle the top with powdered sugar. Don’t you want a slice of this lightly lemon flavored cake?

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Delicious Lemon Cake Recipe

A delicious Lemon Cake that uses Lemon Essential oil in place of lemon zest or lemon juice.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 2902kcal

Author Jennifer West

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 cup sugar1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs whisked2 eggs whisked
• 1/4 tsp salt1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sugar1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water with 2 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil This is the brand I use to make lemon water1/2 cup water with 2 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil This is the brand I use to make lemon water
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix 1 cup sugar and butter together in a medium mixing bowl. Add in eggs.
• Add in 1 tbsp of the lemon water, mix well.
• Add milk, mix well.
• Add in salt, flour, and baking powder, mix well.
• Pour into a round 8" baking pan.
• Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until you get a clean toothpick from the center.
• Allow to cool slightly.
• Mix 1/3 cup lemon water and 1/4 cup sugar. Drizzle over the top of the cake, and then sprinkle the top with powdered sugar.

Nutrition

Calories: 2902kcal | Carbohydrates: 461g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 106g | Saturated Fat: 63g | Cholesterol: 583mg | Sodium: 783mg | Potassium: 988mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 315g | Vitamin A: 3510IU | Calcium: 459mg | Iron: 10.7mg

**Nutrition facts are based on my best estimation for this recipe. They may not be accurate depending on what brands you use or modifications you might make to the recipe. For most accurate calculations, I recommend using a nutrition calculator with the exact brands and measurements you use with the recipe.

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What do you think about this delicious lemon cake recipe? Are you ready to start cooking with Young Living Essential Oils? Remember, not every brand of essential oils can be ingested and you should do your homework before you ingest any essential oil. It’s just one of the many reasons why I choose to use Young Living. You can find more about Essential Oils here.

Are you looking for a few more uses? Check out all of these other amazing recipes you can make with Lemon Essential Oil.

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Not all essential oils are edible. Due to lack of purity, 98% of essential oils sold should NOT be ingested. An edible essential oil will be labeled “therapeutic-grade” and have a “Supplement Facts” box on the label showing the nutritional value – do NOT use just any brand of essential oil for cooking/flavoring foods. Be sure to use pure oils from reliable sources, not synthetic scents or flavorings.