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LEMON LAYER CAKE: Recipe
LEMON LAYER CAKE: is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. LEMON LAYER CAKE: is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lemon layer cake: using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make LEMON LAYER CAKE::
- Take 🌻For the Cake:
- Get 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 1/3 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- Make ready 1 & 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- Take 3 large eggs
- Prepare 2 & 3/4 cups all purpose flour sifted
- Get 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Make ready 1 & 1/4 cup sour cream
- Take 1/3 cup whole milk
- Make ready 1 tbsp fresh lemon zest
- Make ready 1 & 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 🌻For the Frosting:
- Prepare 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- Make ready 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- Make ready 4 cups confectioner’s sugar
- Prepare 2 tsp heavy whipping cream
- Take 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 2 tsp lemon extract pinch of salt
Steps to make LEMON LAYER CAKE::
- 🌻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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 🌻For the Frosting; - Add butter and cream cheese to the bowl of your mixer and beat on high speed until it bes 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.
- 🌻To Assemble: - Level the cakes, if necessary. Add frosting between layers then frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Serve.
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