Lemon Snack Cake

Since it’s a snack cake that means I can have two pieces, right? One for snack and one for dessert? No?

I make it a priority that I never go to the grocery store hungry. Like, NEVER. I either eat just before or I bring a protein bar. Sometimes I get an Americano to fill up my tummy, but I never, ever go without a meal. For someone like me, grocery shopping while hungry is like putting someone who just quit drinking in a bar: Hungry Dorothy while shopping = buy ALLTHETHINGS.

What I hate is that, even though I have this rule and I follow it religiously, sometimes it’s just not enough. I’ve eaten a meal, I’ve eaten a protein bar, and I’ve polished off a grande coffee but darn it, those pound cakes look goooooooood.

Last weekend I had one of those moments. I walked by the bakery section in Walmart and spotted the lemon pound cakes. Instant drool flooded my mouth and I wanted the entire package – STAT. Knowing that, as good as that delightfully lemon flavor would taste, it still wouldn’t be as good as homemade. I managed to skirt through the produce section and make it through the checkouts without grabbing a carton or three.

However, when I got home, the craving for lemon was still there. I had been planning to make a decadent peanut butter bar but that was not going to cut it. I needed lemon and I needed cake and I needed it RIGHT THAT MINUTE.

So my peanut butter bars became a Lemon Snack Cake. In the interest of you not thinking I’m a disgusting person, I won’t tell you how much of the cake I ate. Let’s just say it was only one slice.

{An hour.}

Snack cake is kind of an oxymoron because normally cake is not a snack. Cake is a dessert. And pretty much, this snack cake is just cake, baked in a 9×13 pan. The only major difference between cake and snack cake? The frosting.

Normally when I make a cake I make huge gobs of delicious frosting. I layer it on thick and add a filling. This cake has a simple lemon glaze so it’s lighter than your regular sheet cake. It’s also easier to serve and store, making this the perfect potluck party dessert!

Continue reading and get the recipe: Lemon Snack Cake

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