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Lemon Cake

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Summer's here so whip out this delicious lemon cake recipe!

Ingredients

For Cake:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup of lemon curd

For syrup:

  • ½ cup regular sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup lemon juice

For frosting:

  • ¾ cup whipping cream chilled
  • ½ cup mascarpone cheese
  • 1-2 tbsp powdered sugar depending on your taste
  • 2 tbsp lemon curd.

Instructions

For the cake:

  • Spread butter and flour over 2 x 9 inch baking pans, and preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C.
  • Stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Combine butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat until pale and fluffy. Add in eggs.
  • Add lemon juice and lemon zest.
  • Alternate with the flour and buttermilk mixture.
  • Divide mixture between the prepared pans, and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
  • Poke holes in the cake with a toothpick. Brush the simple syrup (see below) over the cake so that the cakes are moist and juicy.
  • Place 1 of the cakes on a cake board, and then lather 1 cup of lemon curd over the cake. Place the second layer on top, and refrigerate till set.
  • Cover the cake with the mascarpone whipped frosting (see below), top with lemon slices and chill until serving time.

For the syrup:

  • Boil 1/2 cup of regular sugar with 1/2 cup water- bring to a boil till sugar dissolves, boil for 5 minutes and stir in 1/4 cup lemon juice. Cool completely.

For the frosting:

  • Whip heavy cream with powdered sugar until it stands up in peaks. Add in mascarpone cheese- beat till well incorporated. Add the lemon curd and beat till everything is combined.

Notes

Feel free to decorate with some flowers or fruit!