Hi, I am Elise. Today, we’re going to make lemon cake from scratch recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a simple recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Lemon Cake From Scratch Recipe
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To be with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lemon cake from scratch using 25 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Cake From Scratch:
- Prepare For The Cake:
- Take (2 1/2) Cup Flour
- Prepare (1 1/2) Cup Sugar
- Take (1/2) Tsp Salt
- Take (2) Tsp Baking Powder
- Prepare (4) Eggs
- Take (1 1/4) Cup Milk
- Prepare (2) Tbsp Oil
- Make ready (1 1/2) Tsp Lemon Extract
- Make ready (1) Tbsp Lemon Zest
- Prepare (1 1/2) Stick Butter, Softened
- Make ready For The Lemon Curd:
- Get (3/4) Cup Sugar
- Prepare (1/4) Cup Cornstarch
- Prepare (1) Cup Water
- Prepare (2) Egg Yolks, Wisked
- Get (2) Tbsp Butter, Softened
- Make ready (2) Tsp Lemon Zest
- Get (4 1/2) Tbsp Lemon Juice
- Get For The Frosting:
- Make ready (2) Sticks Butter, Softened
- Get (16) Ozs Cream Cheese, Softened
- Take (2) Tsp Lemon Juice
- Get (1) Tsp Lemon Extract
- Make ready (2) Tsp Lemon Zest
Instructions to make Lemon Cake From Scratch:
- Pre Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 cake pans.
- Add flour, sugar, salt and baking powder to mixing bowl. Using whisk attachment, whisk for 1 minute.
- In a another bowl whisk eggs, milk, oil, lemon extract and zest. Whisk until completely combined.
- Replace whisk on mixer with the dry ingredients with paddle attachment. Add butter slowly to the dry ingredients, mix until well incorporated.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mix until well incorporated the cake batter will be fluffy.
- Spoon half the batter into one pan, then the rest into 2nd pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until done.
- Remove cakes, let cool completely. I leave them to cool in pans you can do as you wish.
- Let’s make the curd. Combine sugar, cornstarch and water, constantly whisk over medium. In the meantime have 2 egg yolks mixed in a small bowl.
- When curd starts to boil, remove from heat, pour 1/2 cup into bowl of egg yolks, whisk constantly for a few seconds then whisk back into pan with the remaining mixture. Whisk for about 30 seconds.
- Add in butter, zest and lemon juice. Whisk for another minute. Set aside to cool.
- Lets make the frosting. Whisk butter until smooth. Add the cream cheese, whisk until smooth and incorporated.
- Add the lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon extract. Whisk until smooth.
- Before building the cake, place about 1 1/2 cup of frosting into a frosting bag, using whatever tip you wish.
- Build cake, layer of frosting then curd. Place 2nd cake on top. Frost sides then top, If you want curd on top also, make a dam with frosting tip, then add curd. Decorate with remaining frosting.
- Enjoy!
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