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The green lemon cake will win you over by its color and flavor. It is perfect for those who do not like very sweet doughs, since its sourness brings a very special touch. Check out some delicious recipes to try for your next coffee.

1. Simple green lemon cake

Ingredients

• 250 ml warm milk
• 1 packet lemon gelatine
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 100 ml oil
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 box condensed milk
• ½ cup of lemon juice
• Lemon zest to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the oven for 10 minutes;
2. Dissolve the gelatin in the hot milk;
3. In a bowl, mix the eggs and sugar with a fouet until smooth;
4. Add the oil and mix together;
5. Insert the gelatin mixture with milk. Stir well until incorporated;
6. Add the flour and baking powder. Mix well until uniform;
7. Pour the dough into a medium greased and floured pan;
8. Bake in oven 40 to 45 minutes;
9. To make the topping, mix the condensed milk with the lemon juice;
10. Spread the icing over the baked cake;
11. Finish with lemon zest and serve.

2. Green lemon cake in the blender

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 1 envelope lemon gelatin
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 box condensed milk
• 1 squeezed lemon
• Lemon zest to taste

Directions

1. Place the eggs, oil, sugar, gelatin, and milk in a blender. Beat for 2 minutes;
2. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add the flour. Mix well with a fouet;
3. Add the yeast and stir until dissolved;
4. Pour the batter into a buttered and floured baking pan;
5. Bake in preheated oven at 180 °C for 45 minutes;
6. In a bowl, mix the condensed milk with the squeezed lemon juice;
7. Distribute the covering over the cake, decorate with the lemon zest, and enjoy.

3. Green lemon cake in the microwave

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups of flour
• 1 cup of oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 pack of lemon gelatine
• Lemon zest
• Juice of 1 ½ lemons
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Directions

1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl: yeast, sugar and flour;
2. Add the oil, milk, eggs, gelatine, zest and juice of 1 lemon;
3. Transfer the dough to a silicone baking pan with a hole in the center;
4. Leave it in the microwave for 18 minutes on medium power and then for another 8 minutes with it turned off;
5. Remove and wait until cool to unmold;
6. Mix the icing sugar with the juice of ½ lemon to make the topping;
7. Unmold, add the topping and enjoy.

4. Green lemon cake with pinch of salt

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup milk
• 1 sachet of lemon gelatin
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3 cups wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 box of condensed milk
• 3 squeezed lemons
• Lemon zest to taste

Directions

1. Place the eggs, sugar and oil in a bowl. Stir well until smooth;
2. Insert the milk, lemon gelatine, and salt. Mix again;
3. Add the wheat flour gradually while mixing;
4. Add the yeast and stir carefully until dissolved;
5. Pour the batter into a greased and floured pan;
6. Bake in preheated oven at 180 °C (400 °F) 40 to 45 minutes;
7. Put the condensed milk in a bowl. Gradually add the juice of the lemons and mix together;
8. When the cake is cold, take it out of the pan and pour the covering over it;
9. Garnish with the zest of the lemon and serve.

5. Green lemon cake with food coloring

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 200 ml milk
• 100 ml oil
• 50 ml lemon juice
• zest of 1 lemon
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 2 drops of green dye
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• icing sugar to taste
• Lemon zest to taste

Directions

1. Place the eggs, milk, oil, lemon juice, zest, and sugar in a blender. Blend for 2 minutes;
2. In a bowl, place the flour, the blender mixture and the dye. Stir well until incorporated;
3. Add the yeast and mix;
4. Pour the dough into a baking pan;
5. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C for 45 to 50 minutes;
6. Garnish with icing sugar, passing it through a sieve over the cake;
7. Sprinkle the lemon zest and enjoy.

6. Green lemon cake with lemon zest

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 box lemon gelatin
• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 box condensed milk
• 70 ml lemon juice
• Lemon zest to taste

Directions

1. Beat the eggs with a fouet in a bowl;
2. Add the sugar and oil and beat for 1 minute;
3. Add the water, lemon zest and gelatin. Mix until dissolved;
4. Gradually insert the flour while stirring. When ingredients are mixed, whisk for 1 minute.
5. Add the yeast and mix for another 30 seconds;
6. Pour the batter into a greased and floured pan
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 °C for 50 minutes;
8. Remove from oven, allow to cool and unmold;
9. To make the icing, mix the condensed milk with the lemon juice;
10. Pour the icing over the cake and finish with lemon zest;
11. Now just enjoy.

7. Green lemon cake with yogurt

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• ½ cup of oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 box lemon gelatin powder
• 2 cups of flour
• Lemon zest to taste
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 can condensed milk
• ¼ cup strained lemon

Directions

1. Place the following ingredients in a blender: eggs, oil, sugar, natural yogurt, and powdered gelatin. Beat until smooth.
2. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl;
3. Add the sifted wheat flour gradually and gradually incorporate into the batter;
4. Add lemon zest and baking powder. Stir gently;
5. Pour the dough into a greased and floured baking pan;
6. Bake in the oven;
7. For the topping, mix the condensed milk, strained lemon and more lemon zest;
8. Unmold the cake, spread the topping over it, and decorate with lemon zest;
9. Serve.

8. Green lemon cake in the pot

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup of oil
• 1 cup milk
• 1 package lemon gelatin
• 3 cups of flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 box condensed milk
• 1 carton heavy cream
• Juice of 3 lemons, squeezed
• Syrup of water with sugar
• Lemon zest to garnish

Directions

1. Preheat the oven;
2. Place the eggs, sugar, and oil in a bowl. Beat with a whisk until uniform;
3. Add the milk and lemon gelatine. Beat again;
4. Add the flour and beat until a homogeneous mass is formed;
5. Add the yeast and mix;
6. Pour the batter into a baking pan. If you are going to crumble the cake does not need to grease the form, but if you want to unmold, grease;
7. Bake in preheated oven at 180 °C for 40 minutes;
8. To make the filling, mix the condensed milk, heavy cream and the juice of the squeezed lemons. Place in the refrigerator;
9. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool;
10. Cut the cake into pieces and crumble;
11. To assemble the cake in the pot, alternate layers of dough moistened with the syrup and filling, ending with the layer of filling;
12. Sprinkle the lemon zest and it is ready.

9. Green lemon cake with chocolate icing

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• ½ cup of oil
• 220 grams of sugar
• 200 ml milk
• 1 powdered lemon gelatine
• 400 grams of wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 boxes condensed milk
• 50 ml strained lemon juice
• 400 grams of melted chocolate
• 200 grams of fresh cream

Directions

1. In a bowl, mix the eggs, oil and sugar;
2. Add the milk and powdered gelatine. Mix well;
3. In another large bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder;
4. Pour the liquid mixture into the bowl with the flour. Add the lemon juice and stir until smooth;
5. Transfer the dough to a baking pan;
6. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C for 35 minutes;
7. For the filling, mix the condensed milk with the strained lemon juice;
8. Cut the cake in half, horizontally, spread the filling, and put the doughs together again;
9. Mix the melted chocolate with the fresh cream;
10. Spread the chocolate icing over the cake and enjoy.

10. Green lemon cake with icing and ganache

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 packet of lemon juice powder
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• Green gel dye
• 500 grams of white chocolate
• 200 ml heavy cream
• Syrup of water with sugar

• 200 ml chilled whipped cream
  2 tablespoons sugar
  100 grams of melted white chocolate
  50 ml heavy cream

Directions

1. Separate egg whites and yolks. Beat the yolks with a fouet in a bowl and set the egg whites aside;
2. Add the sugar and mix;
3. Add the powdered juice and stir well;
4. Melt the butter, insert into the saucepan and mix;
5. Add the water and stir until dissolved;
6. Add the sifted wheat flour and stir until the dough is homogeneous;
7. Beat the egg whites until stiff and add gradually to the batter. Gently fold in;
8. Add the yeast and a few drops of the food coloring. Mix until the dough is uniform;
9. Distribute the dough equally into 3 greased 20 cm (8 in) moulds with demould release agent;
10. Bake in preheated oven at 180 °C for 30 minutes;

For the filling, take the chocolate to melt in the microwave every 30 seconds until completely melted;

11. Add the heavy cream and stir until smooth;
12. Cover the ganache with plastic wrap in contact and refrigerate for 2 hours;
13. For assembly, place a layer of the cake on a serving plate. Cover with a rim and a strip of acetate around it;
14. Moisten the pastry with the sugar syrup and add half the ganache. Spread it out well;
15. Place another cake layer, wet with the syrup and insert the other half of the ganache. Spread it out;
16. Insert last layer of cake, moisten with syrup and cover with plastic wrap in contact. Place in the refrigerator for 4 hours;
17. To make the icing, beat the cold whipping cream with the sugar using a mixer.
18. Beat for 2 minutes or until whipped cream is firm;
19. Remove the cake from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap, the rim and the acetate. Run a spatula around the cake to level the filling;
20. Cover the entire cake with the whipped cream, starting from the top and then on the sides. Spread until uniform;
21. For the last covering, mix the melted white chocolate with the cream of milk. Let cool and pour the amount needed to cover the top of the cake. Spread with a spatula and let it run down the sides;
22. If desired, decorate with lemon slices on the sides and top of the cake;
23. Serve.

Lemon is the perfect fruit for those who like desserts that mix sweet and sour. And to amp up the menu, check out these delicious versions of lemon pie, too.