How to Make Favorite LEMON LAYER CAKE:

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon layer cake:. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This lemon layer cake recipe is adapted from the most popular cake recipe on my blog: lemon blueberry cake. This Lemon Mascarpone Layer Cake is made with a moist lemon cake, lemon curd and a smooth and creamy whipped mascarpone frosting! It's light, yet sweet and tart and so darn good! How I make the classic Lemon Layer Cake.

LEMON LAYER CAKE: is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. LEMON LAYER CAKE: is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lemon layer cake: using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make LEMON LAYER CAKE::

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

Place the cake layers on the pedestal. 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? The cake is light and airy - with a not-too-sweet whipped cream frosting and filled with creamy.

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.

Seriously, how can you not smile when you look at this beauty, right? The cake is light and airy - with a not-too-sweet whipped cream frosting and filled with creamy. Three layers of moist lemon cake are frosted with a tart lemon buttercream. You can decrease the amount of lemon if you like, but I love the intense citrus flavor and the way it cuts against the buttery. Moist Layered Lemon Cake: This layered lemon cake is comprised of three layers: Icing, Lemon Curd, then Icing, on three slices of cake.

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