Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake Ingredients

CAKE	1 1/3 c Buttermilk
3 c Cake flour	1/4 ts Cream of tartar
1 1/2 ts Baking powder	FROSTING
1 ts Baking soda	1 pk 8-oz. cream cheese; softened
1 ts Ground ginger	3/4 c Unsalted butter; softened
1/2 ts Salt	2 c Confectioners sugar; sift
3/4 c Unsalted butter; softened	1/4 c Heavy cream
2 c Sugar	1/3 c Lemon curd; bottled
4 lg Eggs; separated, at room	FILLING
2 tb Lemon juice; fresh	1 c Lemon curd; bottled
1 ts Vanilla

Instructions for Lemon Cake

Cake - preheat oven to 350~. Grease 2 straight sided 9"x2" round cake pans; flour, tapping out excess. In lg. bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, and salt. Sift into another lg. bowl. In lg. bowl, beat butter and sugar at med. speed 2 mins., until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in lemon juice and vanilla. At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths) alternately with buttermilk (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat just until blended. In small bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff, but not dry, peaks form. With rubber spatula, gently fold egg white mixture, in thirds, into batter. Spread batter in prepared pans. Bake 35 to 40 mins., until cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on racks 10 mins. Invert onto racks. Cool. Frosting - in lg. bowl with mixer on med-high speed, beat cream cheese and butter 2 mins., until fluffy. At low speed, beat in confectioners sugar, cream, and lemon curd until smooth. Cover; chill 20 mins., until spreadable consistency. Using serrated knife, level tops of layers if necessary. Place 1 layer on serving plate; spread with lemon curd. Refrigerate 15 mins. to set curd. Top with remaining layer. Frost cake; refrigerate. Serve at room temp. Garnish with fresh raspberries and blackberries; if desired. Per serving - 553 cal, 6 g pro, 61 g carbo, 33 g fat, 186 mg chol, 306 mg sod Source: McCalls, 4/96 From the recipe files of suzy@gennett.infi.net Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #004 From: Suzy Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 22:32:36 -0500 (EST)

Main Ingredient: CakeCuisine: Uncategorized

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Baking Powder	Baking soda	Butter	Buttermilk
Cream	Cream Cheese	Eggs	Flour
Ginger	Lemon	Salt	Sugar
Vanilla

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