![]() ![]() Arrange most of the raspberries on top (reserve 7 or 8 for the top of the cake). Spread the raspberry frosting on top of one cake layer. Separate 1 cup of the frosting to a bowl. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until incorporated and smooth. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then run a thin knife around the edges of the pans and invert onto racks to cool completely.įor the frosting and filling: Beat the butter, cream cheese, lemon zest and juice and vanilla together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until very smooth. Bake in the center of the oven until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.Īdd the flour mixture to the butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour.ĭivide the batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Butter two 9-inch cake pans, then line the bottoms with parchment paper and butter the paper.Ĭombine the butter, granulated sugar, oil, lemon zest and vanilla together in a large bowl. Perfect for a ladies afternoon tea get together or even a birthday cake, I’ll be making this many times I’m sure.For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. So you get the complete enjoyment in the moment while you eat your slice of cake, and get to feel great for the rest of the day too.Īs always I used the absolute minimum amount of sugar necessary, and I added honey to the icing so that is sugar free. I don’t even feel like I had a piece of cake today. Basically it’s just delicious – I don’t know how else to describe its yumminess.Īt no point do you feel like you have OVER indulged. And then there’s the lemon cream cheese icing which just perfectly balances and brings together the whole cake. ![]() There’s lemon rind in the cake itself which gives a subtle flavour, there’s the lemon drizzle which packs a punch but in just the right doses. It’s LEMONY!! If you love lemons like I do you will LOOOOOVE this cake. Light, silky – the texture is unlike any cake I have made before, it really is like silk on the tongue. I was amazed at how well this “thrown together by me” layer cake turned out! It is all the things I was hoping for…. I also decided to beat the egg whites separately from the other ingredients and then fold them into the batter to incorporate as much air into the cake as possible. This worked a treat let me just tell you…even better than I expected. My master plan was to add cornflour in with traditional cake flour in order to achieve the light, silkiness I was going for. Like I said at the start of this post, I needed this lemon cake to be light and silky. So I needed my cake to be simple, I needed it to be as quick to make as a layered cake can be. One thing that will no doubt put me off making a cake is if the instructions are a mile long, or even more than half a page long….I don’t do fiddly, mind bogglingly complicated cooking. Otherwise I was flying solo, and it was kind of fun not knowing how it would turn out, throwing it all together – and hoping for the best. I had kind of an idea what should go into a lemon cake from a lemon loaf that I often make, I’ll share that one with you soon…So I kept those ingredients in mind while whipping this baby up. As well as my homemade healthy pizzas which you can find here and here.īut pretty two layer cakes are a whole other thing! Like my orange & strawberry breakfast muffins (sugar free), and my pawpaw strawberry & peanut butter breakfast smoothie. Often I’ll whip up simpler things like muffins, smoothies or soups from fresh air, and I have had some great success stories. Prepared without the aid of any words written by someone else telling me what to do. I did something a little crazy today….I made up my own cake recipe. ![]() What is it about cake that it’s often so heavy? Sometimes I want to be able to have a delicious piece of cake, and afterwards not feel like I ate the WHOLE cake. I have been on a bit of a mission to make a light, silky lemon cake. This lemon cake looks great, and it’s easy to make – I promise! ![]()
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