Luscious Lemon Layer Cake

Get your pucker ready for the most deliciously Luscious Lemon Layer Cake you’ve ever tasted! Moist layers of a tender crumb lemon cake topped with a fluffy lemon cream cheese frosting.

Earlier this week I mentioned that I was up to my eyeballs in cake baking last weekend. It began with a basketball themed cake for Paul’s son’s basketball team. Then I whipped up a batch of some Delicious Cookies and Cream Cupcakes. Finally this Luscious Lemon Layer Cake for my nephew’s birthday. It was a weekend full of celebrations.

My nephew was celebrating his Sweet 16 and requested a Lemon Layer Cake. I was a little surprised at the request because he’s normally a chocolate lover. In the past I’ve either made him my Chocolate Blackout Cake or Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake. Not this year though. He wanted lemon!

Ingredients
For the lemon cake

• 3 1/2 Cups Cake Flour
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons Baking Powder
• 3/4 teaspoon Salt
• 2 Cups Buttermilk
• 6 Large Egg whites
• 2 1/4 Cups Sugar

Zest from one large lemon

• 1 1/2 Sticks Unsalted butter (12 Tablespoons) ,softened
• 1 teaspoon Lemon extract

For the lemon cream cheese frosting

• 2 ,8 ounce packages Cream Cheese ,softened
• 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter (16 Tablespoons) ,softened
• 5 1/2 Cups Confectioner Sugar
• Juice from one lemon, about 2 Tablespoons
• Zest from one lemon
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Instructions
For the lemon cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. Grease and flour three 8 inch round cake pans. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl sift together, cake flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl combine egg whites and buttermilk. Whisk to combine and set aside.
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