Lemon Orange Cake is a layered lemon orange cake that is stunning and bursting with citrus flavor. Give this layered lemon cake a try, for your dessert needs.
Ingredients
6Cflour
2Tbspbaking powder
1tspkosher salt
2Cunsalted sweet cream butter, softened to room temperature
1 3/4Csugar
4large eggs
2tsppure vanilla extract
1Cbuttermilk
1Tbsplemon zest
1/3Cfresh lemon juice
3 9inchround cake pans
Lemon Frosting ingredients:
3Cunsalted sweet cream butter, softened
6Cpowdered sugar
2tbsporange zest
3tspfresh orange juice
3-6tbspheavy whipping cream
1large piping bag fitted with a star tip
Lemons and oranges, thinly sliced
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 and spray the cake pans with pam baking spray
In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter and sugar together creamy.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until combined.
With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients just until combined.
With the mixer still running on low, add the buttermilk, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix just until combined.
Pour batter evenly into cake pans.
Bake for around 21-26 minutes or until the cakes are baked through.
Lemon Frosting Directions:
Using a standing mixer, cream together all ingredients until stiff and smooth peaks form
Using a cake slicer, slice a thin layer off the tops of the cakes to create a flat surface.
Place 1 cake layer on your serving plate.
Evenly cover the top with about 1 cup of frosting.
Top with 2nd cake layer and evenly cover the top with about 1 cup of frosting.
Top with the third cake layer.
Spread the remaining frosting all over the top and sides.
Using a frosting leveler, smooth frosting evenly and remove to create a naked look
Pipe larger dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
Place the sliced orange along the bottom of the cake
Place the sliced lemons in between the larger dollops