Lemon Cake II
By staceyboots
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Printed From https://www.cakecentral.com/recipe/7216/lemon-cake-ii 2024-04-27
Printed From https://www.cakecentral.com/recipe/7216/lemon-cake-ii 2024-04-27
This cake is moist and tangy! The taste of lemons will linger on your tongue long after you have taken the last bite! This recipe is a variation of the 1-2-3-4 Yellow Cake recipe found here on CC
Lemon Cake II
Ingredients
- Ingredients for the Cake:
- 2 ½ cups + 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour
- 6 Tbsps cornstarch
- 3 tsps baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 8 ounces margarine/butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs, separated
- 6 Tbsps freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- 2 tsps lemon extract
- 4 Tbsps lemon juice
Ingredients for the Syrup:
- 8 Tbsps lemon juice
- 8 Tbsps sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Grease and flour pans.
- Sift and combine all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Cream margarine/butter and sugar.
- Add egg yolks one at a time to the creamed mixture. Add lemon zest.
- In a measuring cup or bowl, combine the lemon juice, lemon essence and buttermilk.
- Alternately add the dry ingredients and buttermilk mixture to the cake batter, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
- In a CLEAN mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form (but not dry).
- Gently fold egg whites into the cake batter using a wooden spoon or plastic spatula.
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake until done.
- Remove cakes from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine ingredients for syrup in small saucepan, cooking over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
- While the cakes are still in the pan, poke holes in the top of the cakes. Spoon lemon syrup over cakes. (The amount of syrup used is a matter of personal preference.)
- Allow cakes to cool completely before decorating or freezing.