Easiest Way to Prepare Quick Lemon Cake From Scratch

Lemon Cake From Scratch.

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lemon cake from scratch. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lemon Cake From Scratch is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Lemon Cake From Scratch is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon cake from scratch using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Cake From Scratch:

1. Make ready of For The Cake:.
2. Prepare of (2 1/2) Cup Flour.
3. Take of (1 1/2) Cup Sugar.
4. Prepare of (1/2) Tsp Salt.
5. Get of (2) Tsp Baking Powder.
6. Prepare of (4) Eggs.
7. Prepare of (1 1/4) Cup Milk.
8. Take of (2) Tbsp Oil.
9. Prepare of (1 1/2) Tsp Lemon Extract.
10. Get of (1) Tbsp Lemon Zest.
11. Get of (1 1/2) Stick Butter, Softened.
12. Take of For The Lemon Curd:.
13. Prepare of (3/4) Cup Sugar.
14. Take of (1/4) Cup Cornstarch.
15. Take of (1) Cup Water.
16. Take of (2) Egg Yolks, Wisked.
17. Prepare of (2) Tbsp Butter, Softened.
18. Take of (2) Tsp Lemon Zest.
19. Prepare of (4 1/2) Tbsp Lemon Juice.
20. Take of For The Frosting:.
21. Take of (2) Sticks Butter, Softened.
22. Make ready of (16) Ozs Cream Cheese, Softened.
23. Take of (2) Tsp Lemon Juice.
24. Prepare of (1) Tsp Lemon Extract.
25. Take of (2) Tsp Lemon Zest.
26. Make ready of (6) Cup Powder Sugar.

Steps 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. Add the powder sugar. 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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