The Best Lemon Cakes
If you love lemon as much as we do, this roundup of the best Lemon Cakes, fillings, and frostings is for you!
There's just something about lemon. No matter what time of year, lemon cakes are always at the top of our list of favorite desserts for any occasion (or no occasion at all).
We've made many lemon cakes over the years, from moist lemon layer cakes to amazing lemon fillings, to flavorful pairings of lemon with coconut, lime, strawberry, blueberry, and more.
Some of our most popular lemon desserts are our lemon cake from scratch, lemon buttermilk cake, lemon pound cake, and easy lemon cake from cake mix.
Enjoy scrolling through all of the lemony goodness! We hope that you find a recipe that inspires you to run to the kitchen and whip up something delicious.
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More Favorite Fruity Cakes
If you are looking for more delicious light and fruity cake recipes, make sure to check out these Summer Cake Favorites!
We refer to them as spring & summer cakes as they are especially popular in the warmer months, but just as with lemon cakes, these delicious recipes are in demand year-round! (From strawberry cake to pineapple cake, orange dreamsicle cake, pina colada cake, and more!)
Enjoy our Collection of Lemon Cakes!
The Best Lemon Cakes, Fillings, and Frostings!
Sharing a collection of our favorite lemon cake recipes, frostings, and fillings!
Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
These scratch lemon cupcakes are the best! They are so moist and tender with a light lemony flavor. We love them with lemon cream cheese frosting!
Lemonade Layer Cake
This moist and soft Lemonade Layer Cake has fantastic flavor! Keep this cake in mind for birthdays, showers, holidays, and more!
Lemon Mascarpone Pound Cake
This moist Lemon Mascarpone Pound Cake is so decadent! The mascarpone cheese in the cake batter adds richness and makes for a wonderful texture. You will love how easy this scratch recipe is to make!
Lemon Cream Cake (Doctored Cake Mix)
This moist Lemon Cream Cake starts with a cake mix! It consists of soft, moist lemon cake layers filled with lemon cream filling and frosted with lemon cream cheese frosting! Perfect for the lemon lovers in your life!
Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake
This moist and buttery Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake has fantastic lemon flavor and a velvety soft texture. You will love how simple it is to make!
Lemonade Cake
This moist lemonade cake is so fluffy and flavorful! It has the perfect balance of tartness and sweetness. Keep this recipe in mind for summer parties!
Strawberry Lemonade Cake
This moist Strawberry Lemonade Cake has a wonderful combination of flavors! Strawberry cake layers are lightly glazed with lemon, filled with fresh strawberries, and lemon cream cheese frosting. This is a dessert for spring and summer!
Lemon Almond Cake
This elegant Lemon Almond Cake has the perfect balance of lemon and almond flavor! It is light, super moist, and delicious. Perfect for all sorts of occasions from birthdays to bridal showers and more.
Lemon Bundt Cake
This moist, soft, and flavorful Lemon Bundt Cake is sure to please the lemon lovers in your life! It has a fine crumb but is not as dense as a pound cake. Wonderful flavor and texture!
Lemon Velvet Cake
This moist Lemon Velvet Cake is named for it's soft, velvety texture. If you're looking for a go-to lemon layer cake, this is a great one! It's great with so many fillings and frostings- we've filled it with lemon curd and whipped cream and frosted with lemon buttercream. Yum!
Lemon Ricotta Cake
This moist Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake has wonderful lemon flavor and added richness from ricotta cheese in the cake batter!
Lemon Berry Cake
This moist, fruity, and flavorful Lemon Berry Cake consists of lemon cake with lemon whipped cream cheese filling, strawberries, and blueberries!
Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This easy Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake has a velvety soft texture, great lemon flavor, and richness from the cream cheese in the cake batter! Keep this recipe in mind for spring and summer gatherings, or for the lemon lovers in your life!
Lemon Pineapple Cake
This flavorful lemon and pineapple cake is so moist, tender, and has a wonderful, bright flavor!
Lemon Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake
This ultra moist, tender Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake is SO delicious! The sour cream in the recipe gives it a rich flavor and velvety texture.
Lemon Cheesecake Cake
This Lemon Cheesecake Cake is heavenly! A lemon cheesecake layer is sandwiched between two moist lemon buttermilk cake layers and frosted in lemon cream cheese frosting.
Lemon Chiffon Cake
This light, moist, and flavorful Lemon Chiffon Cake has a wonderfully airy texture. Perfect for a baby or bridal shower, a tea, or just because!
Lemon Orange Pound Cake
Moist, flavorful Lemon Orange Pound Cake! This buttery, moist pound cake has wonderful citrus flavor.
Lemon Buttermilk Cake {A Scratch Recipe}
This moist and delicious Lemon Buttermilk Cake with Whipped Lemon Mascarpone frosting is so light, tender, and flavorful!
Lemon Coconut Cake with Lemon Curd Filling
Lemon and coconut are SO good together! in this light, fluffy, and moist cake recipe, coconut is stirred into lemon buttermilk cake batter for cake layers that have amazing flavor! They are filled with lemon curd and whipped coconut cream cheese frosting- heavenly! Keep this recipe in mind for spring and summer birthdays, dinner parties, and more!
Lemon Sour Cream Cake
This moist Lemon Sour Cream Cake is amazing! It pairs well with so many fillings and frostings, but in this recipe we've chosen a delightful Lemon Seven Minute Frosting. Enjoy!
Lemon Curd Recipe
This easy, silky smooth lemon curd recipe tastes amazing and makes a wonderful filling for cakes and cupcakes!
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
This lemon cream cheese frosting has amazing flavor is and so easy to make!
Lemon Sour Cream Cupcakes
Moist Lemon Sour Cream Cupcakes with light and delicious Lemon Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting!
Lemon Cake from Scratch
This light and lemony scratch lemon cake is so moist and flavorful! I love it year-round, but especially in the spring and summer months! This has been one of our most popular recipes over the years!
Lemon Blueberry Cake
This homemade Lemon Blueberry Cake is the perfect balance of lemon and blueberry flavor! So moist and perfect for spring and summer gatherings!
Lemon Orange Layer Cake
This Lemon Orange Cake recipe is so moist and bursting with citrus flavor!
Lemon Cake: A Doctored Cake Mix Recipe
Nobody would guess that this amazing lemon cake recipe all starts with a simple cake mix! So moist and lemony!
Lemon Angel Food Cake
This light and airy Lemon Angel Food Cake is the perfect dessert for spring and summer celebrations!
Lemon Whipped Cream Filling
Luscious Lemon Whipped Cream Filling! This recipe is a heavenly combination of lemon curd and sweetened whipped cream!
Yummy! I do love Lemon :-)