Summer's here so whip out this delicious lemon cake recipe!
Ingredients
For Cake:
1cupunsalted butter
2cupssugar
3cupsall purpose flour
4eggs
1tspvanilla
1tbspbaking powder
½tspsalt
1tbsplemon zest
2tbsplemon juice
1cupbuttermilk
1cupof lemon curd
For syrup:
½cupregular sugar
½cupwater
¼cuplemon juice
For frosting:
¾cupwhipping creamchilled
½cupmascarpone cheese
1-2tbsppowdered sugar depending on your taste
2tbsplemon 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.