Hello, I’m Laura. Today, I will show you a way 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. Nowadays, I’m gonna make it a little bit tastier. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Lemon Cake From Scratch Recipe
Lemon Cake From Scratch is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lemon Cake From Scratch is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To be with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Get For The Cake:
- Get (2 1/2) Cup Flour
- Get (1 1/2) Cup Sugar
- Make ready (1/2) Tsp Salt
- Make ready (2) Tsp Baking Powder
- Make ready (4) Eggs
- Make ready (1 1/4) Cup Milk
- Make ready (2) Tbsp Oil
- Make ready (1 1/2) Tsp Lemon Extract
- Take (1) Tbsp Lemon Zest
- Make ready (1 1/2) Stick Butter, Softened
- Take For The Lemon Curd:
- Make ready (3/4) Cup Sugar
- Prepare (1/4) Cup Cornstarch
- Take (1) Cup Water
- Prepare (2) Egg Yolks, Wisked
- Prepare (2) Tbsp Butter, Softened
- Prepare (2) Tsp Lemon Zest
- Make ready (4 1/2) Tbsp Lemon Juice
- Prepare For The Frosting:
- Make ready (2) Sticks Butter, Softened
- Take (16) Ozs Cream Cheese, Softened
- Make ready (2) Tsp Lemon Juice
- Prepare (1) Tsp Lemon Extract
- Prepare (2) Tsp Lemon Zest
Steps 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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