Lemon Cake From Scratch
Lemon Cake From Scratch

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon cake from scratch. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lemon Cake From Scratch is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Lemon Cake From Scratch is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon cake from scratch using 25 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Cake From Scratch:
  1. Get For The Cake:
  2. Take (2 1/2) Cup Flour
  3. Prepare (1 1/2) Cup Sugar
  4. Take (1/2) Tsp Salt
  5. Make ready (2) Tsp Baking Powder
  6. Make ready (4) Eggs
  7. Take (1 1/4) Cup Milk
  8. Prepare (2) Tbsp Oil
  9. Take (1 1/2) Tsp Lemon Extract
  10. Make ready (1) Tbsp Lemon Zest
  11. Take (1 1/2) Stick Butter, Softened
  12. Prepare For The Lemon Curd:
  13. Prepare (3/4) Cup Sugar
  14. Get (1/4) Cup Cornstarch
  15. Get (1) Cup Water
  16. Prepare (2) Egg Yolks, Wisked
  17. Make ready (2) Tbsp Butter, Softened
  18. Get (2) Tsp Lemon Zest
  19. Take (4 1/2) Tbsp Lemon Juice
  20. Make ready For The Frosting:
  21. Make ready (2) Sticks Butter, Softened
  22. Take (16) Ozs Cream Cheese, Softened
  23. Get (2) Tsp Lemon Juice
  24. Get (1) Tsp Lemon Extract
  25. Make ready (2) Tsp Lemon Zest
Instructions to make Lemon Cake From Scratch:
  1. Pre Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 cake pans.
  2. Add flour, sugar, salt and baking powder to mixing bowl. Using whisk attachment, whisk for 1 minute.
  3. In a another bowl whisk eggs, milk, oil, lemon extract and zest. Whisk until completely combined.
  4. Replace whisk on mixer with the dry ingredients with paddle attachment. Add butter slowly to the dry ingredients, mix until well incorporated.
  5. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mix until well incorporated the cake batter will be fluffy.
  6. Spoon half the batter into one pan, then the rest into 2nd pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until done.
  7. Remove cakes, let cool completely. I leave them to cool in pans you can do as you wish.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Add in butter, zest and lemon juice. Whisk for another minute. Set aside to cool.
  11. Lets make the frosting. Whisk butter until smooth. Add the cream cheese, whisk until smooth and incorporated.
  12. Add the lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon extract. Whisk until smooth.
  13. Before building the cake, place about 1 1/2 cup of frosting into a frosting bag, using whatever tip you wish.
  14. 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.
  15. Enjoy!

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