With being spring and almost summer the lemon and lime combination is just perfect for upcoming barbecues, parties and get-togethers.
This Lemon Lime Cake is just stunning and make an absolutely perfect centerpiece to any table.
I was never really a huge lemon or lime fan of anything. I mean I could eat a lemon poppyseed cake or muffins but I wouldn’t go out of my way to find or make one.
That all changed when I started dating my hubby and his obsession of limes. Literally I remember the first time he ordered a water on a date with a cup of limes. I thought it was odd.
He proceeded to grab a packet of sugar and then squeeze all the juice from the lime wedges into his water. I was so embarrassed because why not just order a Sprite and add some limes? He hates soda though, really any carbonated drinks. Weird I know.
Anyway, after 14 years I will be honest I still get a little embarrassed. With that said the one good thing that came out of this, is that I love limes now too.
Homemade limeade – yum! Lemon lime cake – yum! Key Lime Pie – yum.
Ingredients
- Lemon Cake:
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled, plus more for pans
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- Lime Buttercream:
- 7-8 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 limes juiced
- 6 tablespoons lime zest
- 1 cup butter softened to room temperature
- 8-10 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly spray with baking oil and flour two 8-by-2-inch cake pans. Make sure to tap out the excess flour. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.
- In a large bowl mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, or use your KitchenAid mixer like me, cream together butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low and add in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Mix in lemon juice. Alternate adding in flour mixture and buttermilk beginning and ending with flour. Mix until well combined.
- Pour ½ of the batter into one pan and add the remaining to the second pan. Place in oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until cake starts to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Once cakes are completely cooked remove from the oven and cool. Allow the pans to cool for 10 minutes on a cake rack, then remove cakes from the pans and place back on cake rack, allowing them to completely cool.
- While the cakes are cooling, make lime buttercream. In a large bowl, cream together the confectioners' sugar and butter until smooth. Gradually mix in the milk, lime zest and juice with an electric mixer until smooth and stiff, about 5 minutes. Color with food coloring if desired.
- 2 Layer Cake - Evenly spread the filling on top of the bottom layer, then add the second cake on top.
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