Lemon Layer Cake
Recipe: #22194
December 20, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Lemon, British, Southern, Birthday, Fathers Day Mothers Day, Potluck, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
"From a fancy get together, involved recipe O’Mealey’s Cafeteria, I remembered Karen Williams of Oklahoma City sharing one she considered similar.melbas swap"
Original is 8 servings
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (467.9 g)
- Calories 1414.5
- Total Fat - 85.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 38.6 g
- Cholesterol - 2317.5 mg
- Sodium - 985 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 120 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.8 g
- Sugars - 84.9 g
- Protein - 44.2 g
- Calcium - 508.2 mg
- Iron - 8 mg
- Vitamin C - 14 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
FOR THE CAKE
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
Step 3
In large bowl of electric mixer, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Beat at medium speed to mix.
Step 4
In separate large bowl, combine egg whites (reserve yolks), milk and vanilla. Mix well. Measure 1/2 cup of the mixture and set aside.
Step 5
Add butter to flour mixture and beat to combine.
Step 6
Add egg white mixture (except the 1/2 cup reserved) and beat on medium speed about 2 minutes.
Step 7
Add reserved egg whites and continue beating about 30 seconds.
Step 8
Scrape bottom and sides of bowl and beat 20 seconds.
Step 9
Spread in prepared pans; bake 23 to 25 minutes.
Step 10
Remove from oven; cool. Slice each layer in half horizontally, making 4 layers.
TO MAKE THE CURD
Step 11
Measure 1 tablespoon lemon juice and set aside.
Step 12
In large saucepan, mix remaining lemon juice, sugar and salt. Cook over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves, do not boil.
Step 13
In large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and egg yolks.
Step 14
Slowly pour lemon mixture into eggs whisking constantly. Pour back into saucepan.
Step 15
In small dish, combine reserved lemon juice and dry gelatin, stirring until dissolved.
Step 16
Stir into egg mixture in saucepan. Remove from heat.
Step 17
Add butter that has been thawed enough to cut into cubes. Stir until butter melts.
Step 18
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 4 hours before using to ice the cake.
Tips
No special items needed.
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