Lemon Cake From Scratch.
Hey everyone, it's Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, lemon cake from scratch. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon cake from scratch using 25 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Cake From Scratch:
- {Prepare of For The Cake:.
- {Prepare of (2 1/2) Cup Flour.
- {Take of (1 1/2) Cup Sugar.
- {Make ready of (1/2) Tsp Salt.
- {Take of (2) Tsp Baking Powder.
- {Make ready of (4) Eggs.
- {Take of (1 1/4) Cup Milk.
- {Prepare of (2) Tbsp Oil.
- {Get of (1 1/2) Tsp Lemon Extract.
- {Get of (1) Tbsp Lemon Zest.
- {Take of (1 1/2) Stick Butter, Softened.
- {Take of For The Lemon Curd:.
- {Make ready of (3/4) Cup Sugar.
- {Get of (1/4) Cup Cornstarch.
- {Get of (1) Cup Water.
- {Get of (2) Egg Yolks, Wisked.
- {Prepare of (2) Tbsp Butter, Softened.
- {Take of (2) Tsp Lemon Zest.
- {Make ready of (4 1/2) Tbsp Lemon Juice.
- {Prepare of For The Frosting:.
- {Make ready of (2) Sticks Butter, Softened.
- {Take of (16) Ozs Cream Cheese, Softened.
- {Get of (2) Tsp Lemon Juice.
- {Get of (1) Tsp Lemon Extract.
- {Take of (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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