This Blueberry Lemon Soda Cake has a pop of delicious lemon flavor, perfect for a quick summertime dessert. It is incredibly simple to make because it starts with cake mix, a little lemon extract, and a can of soda! It is the perfect complement to any Memorial Day BBQ or summer event you have coming up!
Blueberry Lemon Soda Cake
This is by far one of the moistest and most tender lemon cakes I have ever had, including from-scratch recipes! Of course, my secret ingredient is the lemon extract. I have made recipes for “2-ingredient” cakes and found them to not be as flavorful as I would have liked. But you will not be able to say that about this cake! Seriously lemon cake is paired with a gloriously sweet blueberry frosting in a classic and decadent flavor combination. I daresay, this is one of the best cakes I have ever baked!
How to Make Lemon Soda Cake
1 box Lemon cake mix (any brand will work)
McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract
lemon-lime soda
Frosting & Toppings
blueberry buttercream recipe (below)
blueberries (a pint should do)
lemon
cake stand
1M tip with decorating bag
small offset spatula
zester
How to Make Easy Lemon Cake (3 ingredient recipe)
The directions for the cake could not be simpler!
- Simply add lemon cake mix, 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract, and a can of room-temperature lemon-lime soda.
- Add all ingredients together, whisk until combined, and then bake per box directions.
When ready to assemble cake:
Add one layer to the cake stand and cover with about 3/4 cup of blueberry buttercream. Cover with a layer of blueberries, then press down to make sure it’s level. Add next layer of lemon cake and then cover the entire cake with about 1 1/2 cups of blueberry buttercream using a small offset spatula. (Will be a thin coat of frosting)
Place remaining frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a 1M tip. Pipe out pretty dollops around the top of the cake.
Cover each dollop with blueberry and then add lemon zest around the entire edge of the cake.
Best served at room temperature.
I can’t stress enough just how moist and delicious this cake is!
Easy Blueberry Buttercream
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp. McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup blueberry jam (or blueberry fruit spread)
Instructions
- Beat buttered on high with a handheld mixer or on medium-high in the bowl of stand mixer. Add in sugar, vanilla, and blueberry jam and mix until fully incorporated and creamy, about 3 minutes.
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Notes
- Mix one box lemon cake mix, 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract, and a can of room-temperature lemon-lime soda.
- Add all ingredients together, whisk until combined, and then bake per box directions.
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The recipe for the cake isn’t complete, no amounts
The one for the frosting is ok
But the one for the cake needs to be fixed
It says a teaspoon of flavoring and a can of soda. That’s it. No other ingredients.
A note about pudding in the mix cake mixes: never use these mixes for a soda cake. Just plain cake mixes.
Thanks for this recipe, I can’t wait to try it. I love soda cakes.
Had a problem getting the cake out of the cake pan. Tore all to pieces.
Do you still use eggs, oil, in cake mix OR do you just use dry cake mix, soda, and lemon flavoring.Thank you
My own version and it was so delicious wish I could post a pic
I love your recipes but the web page has way to many advertisements & there is often no way to print the recipes out without the advertisements covering the content. I was able to print the frosting recipe with the “print” button but no “print” button for the cake recipe.
Is there a way to turn the advertisements off that I’m not aware of??
Sorry! https://iambaker.net/why-are-there-so-many-ads/
Do you not have an actual real recipes for the cake? Is it just a list of things? I see a “real” recipe for the buttercream but not the cake. Am I missing it somewhere?