Lemon Cake

A very light lemony cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
  1 box instant lemon pudding
  1 tsp lemon extract
  2 tsp vanilla
  1 cup sour cream
  zest of 1 lemon
  4 eggs
  2 cups flour
  2 tsp baking powder
  1/4 tsp salt
  3/4 cup milk (I used whole milk)

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar thoroughly (about 5 minutes in electric mixer on med-high speed). Add pudding, extracts, lemon zest and sour cream and mix thoroughly. Beat in eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. Mix 1/3 of the flour mixture into the batter until completely combined. Add 1/2 the milk and mix completely. Alternate flour and milk, combining completely after each addition, ending with the last 1/3 of the flour. Prepare pans and bake at 350 until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and top is beginning to brown. Single layer 8 or 9″ pans should take about 25-30 minutes. Also makes awesome cupcakes!