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A Really Great Lemon Layer Cake (Pucker-Up!)

Here's how you make A Really Great Lemon Layer Cake (Pucker-Up!)
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  • Servings: 12-14
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 32-35m
    • The following recipe serves 12-14 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest - I use the zest from the whole lemon
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
  • Juice of 1 whole lemon
  • 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8 inch cake pans, tapping out excess flour. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.

  • Step 2: In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.

  • Step 3: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Beat in lemon juice. Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix just until combined.

  • Step 4: Divide batter between pans; smooth tops.

  • Step 5: Bake until cakes pull away from sides of pans (32 to 35 minutes). Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges of pans and invert cakes onto a wire rack.

  • Step 6: Cool cakes completely. Frost with lemon or vanilla frosting.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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