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Easy Lemon Cake

By kakes_by_kim
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A great tasting Lemon cake!

Easy Lemon Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Madagascar Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Madagascar Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 oz. No-Taste Red Icing Color
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 Tablespoon white vinegar

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease two 8 in. round baking pans with Wilton Cake Release or vegetable pan spray.
  3. In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy.
  4. Add eggs and icing color; blend well.
  5. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to batter mixture, beating until blended.
  6. Stir baking soda into vinegar; fold carefully into batter
  7. (do not beat).
  8. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  9. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely.
  10. *To sour milk, use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.