Decadent Lemon Cake

Name: Decadent Lemon Cake
Prep time: 56 min
Cook time: 56 min
Total time: 56 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 828 milliliters cake flour; 7 egg whites; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 237 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Decadent Lemon Cake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert collection. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 336 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 15. If you have salt, butter, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 56 minutes.

Instructions

Prepare Lemon Filling. Cover and chill at least 8 hours.

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Lemon

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 3/4 cups sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add lemon rind, lemon juice, and vanilla; beat well.

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Lemon Juice

Lemon Peel

Vanilla

Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

Beat egg whites at medium speed with an electric mixer until foamy; gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold one-third of egg whites into batter. Gently fold in remaining beaten egg whites just until blended. (Do not overmix.)

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Egg Whites

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans.

Bake at 350 for 18 to 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

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Oven

Spread 3/4 cup White Chocolate Frosting between each cake layer; carefully spread 1/2 cup Lemon Filling over White Chocolate Frosting between each cake layer.

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Chocolate Frosting