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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/zesty-lemon-cake/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/zesty-lemon-cake/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "zesty-lemon-cake",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/zesty-lemon-cake/",
  "title": "Zesty Lemon Cake",
  "summary": "A simple lemon cake baked in an English cake (loaf) pan, with lemon zest and heavy cream. I make it when I want a homemade cake without much work.",
  "categories": [
    "cakes"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 15,
    "cook": 60,
    "total": 75
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "item": "Large eggs",
          "text": "3 Large eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Sugar",
          "text": "1 cup Sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "pinch",
          "item": "Salt",
          "text": "1 pinch Salt"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3.5,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "Softened butter",
          "text": "3½ oz Softened butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "Grated lemon zest",
          "note": "Heaping tablespoon",
          "text": "1 tbsp Grated lemon zest"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "All-purpose flour",
          "text": "1¼ cups All-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "Baking powder",
          "text": "½ tsp Baking powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3.5,
          "unit": "fl-oz",
          "item": "Heavy cream",
          "text": "3½ fl oz Heavy cream"
        },
        {
          "item": "Butter and flour for the pan",
          "text": "Butter and flour for the pan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 320°F. Grease an English cake (loaf) pan with butter and dust it with flour.",
        "Beat the eggs, then add the sugar and salt gradually, not all at once.",
        "Lower the mixer speed and add the butter and the lemon zest.",
        "Gradually add the flour, baking powder, and heavy cream.",
        "Pour the batter into the pan and smooth the top.",
        "Bake for about 1 hour at medium-low heat."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [],
  "updated": "2026-10-12"
}