Fresh Lemon Layer Cake

Source : Make The Lemon Cakepreheat The Oven To 350 Spray 3 - 8- Inch Cake Pans With Bakers Sprayin A Bowl Whisk Together The Flour Baking 6 Baking Soda Salt...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : March 11, 2026

Step:

  1. Make the lemon Cake

  2. Preheat the oven to 350. Spray 3 - 8- inch cake pans with bakers spray

  3. In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking 6, baking soda, salt and 1/2 cup of the sugar

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  4. In another bowl combine the butter, buttermilk, lemon juice and zest, vanilla and egg yolks, whisk to blend

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  5. In a third bowl beat egg whites until they form firm peaks, adding the last 1/4 cup sugar slowly

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  6. Gradually beat the buttermilk mixture into the flour nixture

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  7. Gently fold the egg whites in until uniform in color

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  8. Divide evenly in prepated pans and place on a cookie sheet, bake about 18 to 20 minutes untik a toothpick comes put just clean. Cool 1p minutes then remove from pans and cool completely before frosting

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  10. Make Lemon Cream Froapsting

  11. Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla, lemon juice an zest and confectioner's sugar until blendec

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  12. Beat cream to firm peaks and fold into cream cheese mixture

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  13. Fill and frost cake

  14. Place one layer bottom up on serving playe

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  15. Add some frosting

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  16. Place second layer, bottom up

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  17. Frost

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  18. Place third layer

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  19. Frost entire cske

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  20. Garnish with sprinkles and fresh blueberries. Refigerate at least 2 hours for easy slicing

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Ingredients

  1. For the Lemon Cake
  2. 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  3. 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  4. 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  5. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  6. 3/4 cups granulated sugar, divided use
  7. 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  8. 1 cup butter,ilk, at room temperature
  9. 3 tablespoons vegtable oil
  10. 1 tablespoon each fresh lemon juice and lemon zest
  11. 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  12. 6 large egg yolks, at room temperature
  13. 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
  14. For Lemon Cream Filling and Frosting
  15. 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temoerature
  16. 1/2 cup salted butter, at room temperature
  17. 2 tablespoons v fresh lemon juice
  18. 2 teaspoons fresh Lenin zest
  19. 2 teapoon vanilla extract
  20. 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  21. 3 cups confectioner's sugar
  22. For Garnish
  23. as needed sprinkles and fresh blueberries

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