Name: Lemon Bisquick Coffee Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter (melted); 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon lemon zest; 2 cups Bisquick (or homemade baking mix); 1/4 cup sugar; 1 egg; 3/4 cup milk; 2 tablespoons butter (melted)

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Looking for a really easy cake recipe? This lemon Bisquick coffee cake is just what you need. It’s a tried and true 1950s recipe and the best lemon coffee cake you’ll try!

I love lemon-flavored desserts, especially in the spring and summer months. They are always so light and refreshing with tart sweetness.

I’ve been doing more baking these days with more time spent at home for the time being. It seemed like the perfect time for a new-to-me dessert.

This lemon coffee cake is adapted from Betty Crocker’s Bisquick Cook Book from 1956. This is a fun little pamphlet-style cookbook that was likely given out for free as a way to encourage people to use Bisquick for more than just pancakes and biscuits.

I actually make my own version of the Bisquick baking mix. It can be used in place of Bisquick in any recipe and is really easy to make up. I like to keep it on hand for these fun quick recipes.

This coffee cake is one of my favorite Bisquick recipes so far. This lemon Bisquick coffee cake recipe is simple to make, it is light and fluffy, and it’s delicious. I will be making this one a lot in the future.

If you have never baked a cake from scratch this is a great one to start with. The Bisquick takes out a few steps and makes it a bit more foolproof than many fully from-scratch cakes. The fact that it doesn’t require icing also makes it easier and quicker to make.

Yield: 9 pieces