Double Lemon Cake Recipes

SORRENTO DOUBLE LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Butter and flour a 9-inch ring cake pan or plain tube cake pan. Preheat oven to 350 (175 C) degrees with the rack in the center.
• Whisk the flour, almond flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar in an electric mixer on medium-high speed with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Add the eggs one at a time and beat until incorporated, then add the lemon zest.
• Adjust the mixer speed to low (stir). Add half the flour mixture and half the buttermilk. Mix until combined, then add the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk until blended.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake 40-45 minutes - a toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean. Cool in the pan 15 minutes.
• Run a blunt knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the cake, then invert onto a rack to cool completely.

DOUBLE-LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325º.
• Butter a 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• Cream butter with an electric mixer.
• Add 1 cup sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in the quarter-cup lemon juice and the zest of 3 lemons.
• Add the flour mixture and sour cream alternately, mixing well with a rubber spatula.
• Scrape into buttered pan and bake 60-70 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the thickest part comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn cake out onto a plate.
• Combine remaining 1/3 cup of lemon juice and 2/3 cup sugar in small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the sugar has dissolved.
• Stir in remaining zest.
• Prick the cake all over with a long skewer.
• Spoon or brush the glaze over the entire cake.
• Cool completely before serving.

DOUBLE LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare and bake cake mix as package directs for 13 x 9-inch cake. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat milk and egg yolks. Stir in lemon juice, lemon rind and food coloring if desired. Spread evenly over hot cake. Return to oven; bake 8 minutes longer. Cool. Chill. Garnish as desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

OLD-FASHIONED DOUBLE-LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder and salt onto piece of wax paper. Set aside. Combine lemon zest and granulated sugar in blender or food processor. Grind until lemon zest is almost as fine as sugar. Cream butter and lemon sugar in mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until smooth and flowing. Add lemon extract. Mix to combine (curdled appearance is fine). Add sifted dry ingredients. Mix until smooth. Transfer to greased 8½-inch springform pan. Smooth surface with spatula. Bake at 325 degrees on center rack of oven until lightly colored and wood pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Prepare glaze by mixing powdered sugar and lemon juice. Place hot cake in pan on cooling rack and brush surface with glaze immediately. Let glaze run down sides of cake. Gently rotate pan to distribute drippings evenly. After all glaze is applied and seems absorbed, carefully remove springform rim. As soon as cake seems cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes, transfer to platter with long spatula. (Aluminum cake pans can affect lemon flavor.) Let cake cool completely. Spread Lemon Frosting on cooled cake. Serve with Lemon sherbert and Lemon-Zested Strawberries. Makes 1 (8½-inch diameter) cake, or 8 servings. LEMON FROSTING: Combine powdered sugar, butter, salt, lemon zest and juice. Add few drops water for smooth consistency, if necessary. LEMON-ZESTED STRAWBERRIES: Combine lemon zest, sugar, strawberries and rim in plastic food bag. Secure bag. Shake bag gently to coat strawberries. Refrigerate 4 hours, turning bag occasionally.

LEMON LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. To make the lemon cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of two 9-inch round cake pans. Dust the pans with flour and tap out the excess.
• 2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir together the dry ingredients with a whisk. Set aside.
• 3. In an electric stand mixer, using the paddle attachment or beaters, beat the butter on medium speed for about 30 seconds, or until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, increase the speed to medium-high, and continue to beat until the mixture is light, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• 4. Add the whole eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla and lemon zest. Reduce the speed to low and gradually beat in he lemon juice (the batter will appear curdled at this point smooth out after you add the dry ingredients). Beat in the dry ingredients in 3 additions alternately with milk in 2 additions. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for another 10 seconds. Scrape the batter into the prepared pans.
• 5. Bake the cakes for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean. Cool the cakes in the pans on wire racks for 20 minutes. Invert the cakes onto the rakcs and cool completely.
• 6. To make the lemon filling, in a medium nonreactive saucepan, whisk together the yolks and sugar until combined. Whisk in the lemon juice, butter, and salt. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, for 5 to 6 minutes, or until the mixture turns opaque, thickens, and coats the back of the spoon. Do not let the filling boil, or it will curdle. Pour the mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Stir in the lemon zest and allow the filling to cool.
• 7.Cover with plastic wrap, pressing directly onto the surface, and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until chilled.
• 8. In a clean bowl of the electric mixer, using the whisk attachment or beaters, beat the heavy cream on high speed until soft peaks form. Remove the lemon filling from the refrigerator and whisk until smooth. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the filling. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the filling until ready to assemble the cake.
• 9. To make the lemon frosting, in the large bowl of the electric mixer, using the paddle attachment or beaters, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy, about 30 seconds. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar on low speed. Add the cream, lemon juice, vanilla, and lemon zest. Increase the speed to medium-high, and beat for about 3 minutes, or until the frosting is light and fluffy.
• 10. To assemble the cake, place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Pile the lemon filling onto the center using a small offset metal spatula, and spread it into an even layer, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge of the cake layer. Top with the second cake layer. Frost the top and sides of the cake with the lemon frosting. (If some of the filling oozes out from the middle, just blend it with the frosting around the sides of the cake.) Serve the cake immediately, or refrigerate and bring to room temperature before serving.

DOUBLE-LEMON POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat first 5 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in poppy seed. Pour into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.
• Beat cream cheese spread and butter in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add lemon juice; mix well. Gradually beat in sugar. Spread over top of cake. Garnish with zest.

LEMON CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 8-inch cake pans, tapping out excess flour.
• Whisk flour, lemon zest, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat eggs and egg yolks, 1 at a time, into creamed butter mixture on low speed, beating well after each addition before adding the next. Beat lemon juice into butter mixture. Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, into butter mixture until batter is just combined. Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake pulls away from sides of pan, 32 to 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of pan and invert cake onto a wire rack to cool.

DOUBLE LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Blend first 6 ingredients in processor until smooth. Pour mixture into crust. Bake until cake filling is just set, about 35 minutes. Cool cheesecake slightly.
• Combine 1 cup sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl. Spread mixture evenly over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes. Cool. Refrigerate cake overnight. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead.) Cut into wedges and serve.

DOUBLE LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan.
• For cake, in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl, combine cake mix, cinnamon, allspice and lemon peel.
• On low speed add cake mixture, alternately with milk to the cream cheese mixture, beating until well combined.
• Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350°F.
• Reduce heat to 325°F and bake for an additional 30 minutes more, or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely while preparing glaze.
• For glaze, combine milk and butter in a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until butter melts.
• Gradually add sugar, lemon juice and lemon peel.
• Mix well.
• Spread glaze on cool cake.

DOUBLE LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 300°F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan). Mix crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and the butter; press firmly onto bottom of pan. Bake 10 min.
• Separate one of the eggs. Cover and refrigerate egg yolk for later use. Set egg white aside. Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, the flour, lemon zest, 2 Tbsp. lemon juice and the vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add egg white and remaining 3 whole eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 50 to 55 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
• Mix 3/4 cup sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan; gradually stir in 1/2 cup water and 1/4 cup juice until well blended. Bring just to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir until clear and thickened. Beat reserved egg yolk lightly with fork. Stir in 2 Tbsp. of the hot cornstarch mixture. Return to remaining cornstarch mixture in saucepan; mix until well blended. Cook 1 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool slightly. Spoon glaze over cheesecake. Refrigerate until set.

LEMON LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease parchment., Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs and egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and juice. In a small bowl, mix sour cream and milk. In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream mixture., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 24-28 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove parchment. Cool slightly., For syrup, in a small saucepan, combine sugar and lemon juice. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. Cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth; beat in confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and salt until blended., Using a long serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Brush layers with warm syrup; cool completely., Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides with remaining frosting. If desired, top with lemon slices or edible flowers. Refrigerate leftovers.