LEMON LAYER CAKE:
LEMON LAYER CAKE:

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon layer cake:. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

LEMON LAYER CAKE: is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. LEMON LAYER CAKE: is something that I have loved my whole life.

This lemon layer cake recipe is adapted from the most popular cake recipe on my blog: lemon blueberry cake. How I make the classic Lemon Layer Cake. An old fashioned lemon cake recipe.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lemon layer cake: using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make LEMON LAYER CAKE::
  1. Make ready 🌻For the Cake:
  2. Take 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  3. Prepare 1/3 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  4. Take 1 & 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  5. Prepare 3 large eggs
  6. Make ready 2 & 3/4 cups all purpose flour sifted
  7. Get 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
  8. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp baking soda
  10. Prepare 1 & 1/4 cup sour cream
  11. Prepare 1/3 cup whole milk
  12. Take 1 tbsp fresh lemon zest
  13. Make ready 1 & 1/2 tsp lemon extract
  14. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
  15. Make ready 🌻For the Frosting:
  16. Prepare 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  17. Take 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
  18. Prepare 4 cups confectioner's sugar
  19. Make ready 2 tsp heavy whipping cream
  20. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla extract
  21. Get 2 tsp lemon extract pinch of salt

This citrus-filled Lemon Orange Layer Cake is so moist, and is the perfect dessert for spring and summer entertaining! Lemon infuses this layered masterpiece in three ways: zested into the batter, in a tart syrup that get drizzled over the cakes, and in a thick lemon curd frosting. Send This Lemon Cake Recipe To Whomever Is Making Your Birthday Cake. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper; grease parchment.

Instructions to make LEMON LAYER CAKE::
  1. 🌻For the Cake: - First preheating your oven to 170°C /325°F. - Then lightly spray 3 round cake pans with non-stick baking spray.In your mixer bowl, add oil and butter and beat for 2 minutes on high speed. Slowly add in sugar and beat on high speed for an additional 4-5 minutes until very pale yellow and fluffy.
  2. Next, add eggs, one at a time, combining well after each addition and scraping down the sides as needed. - Turn your mixer down to its lowest speed, and slowly add flour into batter in two increments then add baking powder, salt and baking soda. Be careful not to over beat. - Lastly, add sour cream, milk, lemon zest, lemon and vanilla extracts, scrape down sides and mix until just combined and turn off mixer.
  3. Evenly pour cake batter into prepared baking pans and place in oven to bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes just clean but don't over bake. Remove cakes from oven and rest in pans for 10-15 minutes. Invert cakes from pans onto cooling racks until cooled.
  4. 🌻For the Frosting; - Add butter and cream cheese to the bowl of your mixer and beat on high speed until it begins to thicken and fluff. - Next slow down mixer and carefully add in sugar. Once all sugar has incorporated, turn mixer back to high to continue whipping. - Add in heavy cream, vanilla, lemon extract and salt and continue whipping until it is smooth, light and a fluffy frosting.
  5. 🌻To Assemble: - Level the cakes, if necessary. Add frosting between layers then frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Serve.

This beautiful lemon layer cake will sure brighten everyone's day no matter how gloomy it looks outside. Seriously, how can you not smile when you look at this beauty, right? Run hands along the side of the cake to remove excess crumbs. Place the cake layers on the pedestal. Made the cakes and the lemon curd Saturday. (Lemon curd is very tasty, but too much for a single layer) Very stiff cake batter, very hard to fold in the egg whites.

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