Lemon Crazy/Wacky Cake Recipe

By srumbel

Today I finally made a Lemon Crazy Cake. It only took two attempts to get it perfect! The first try, I used fresh lemon juice in the water...it tasted delicious, was super moist, but was a little flat in the center. The second try I added lemon zest and lemon extract....ding, ding, ding, ding...winner!!!
from sweetlittlebluebird

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups flour + 3 Tablespoons
• 1 Cup white sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest
• .................................
• 1 tsp. white vinegar
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. pure lemon extract
• 5 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 Cup water

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix first 5 dry ingredients in a greased 8" square baking pan, starting with the flour first. Mix well. Make 3 depressions in dry ingredients - two small, one larger (see #3 in photo below). Pour vinegar in one depression, vanilla and lemon extracts in the other, and the vegetable oil in third larger depression. Pour water over all. Mix well until smooth.

Bake on middle rack of oven for 35 minutes. Check with toothpick to make sure it comes out clean. Cool. Top with your favorite frosting ( I used vanilla for this lemon cake). Enjoy!

Tip - You can double this recipe, just use a 9x13 baking pan.