Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 3 cups cake flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
2½ cups sugar
5 eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup lemon juice
¾ cup buttermilk
Almost Homemade Buttercream:
16 ounces marshmallow cream
1½ cups butter, softened
5 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup confectioners' sugar
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Directions: |
Directions:Heat oven to 350º F. Butter and flour 2 parchment-paper-lined 8-inch cake pans. Set aside.
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together. Set aside. Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy using a mixer set on medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time. Beat in the vanilla extract. Reduce mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture by thirds, alternating with the lemon juice and buttermilk.
Divide the batter between the pans. Bake until golden and a toothpick tests clean, about 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pans on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Unmold the cakes and cool completely.
Split cakes into 4 layers using a long serrated knife. Fill with lemon curd, jam, or icing. Apply crumb coat and Almost Homemade Buttercream frosting and decorate as desired.
Almost Homemade Buttercream: Beat the marshmallow cream using an electric mixer set on low. Add the butter (in 1-inch pieces) and beat until smooth. Add the lemon juice, vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally, and continue to beat on medium-high until smooth and fluffy. |
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