Luscious Lemon Cake Food

LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2 by 4 1/4 by 2 1/2-inch) loaf pans. You may also line the bottom with parchment paper, if desired.
• Cream the butter and 2 cups granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on medium speed, add the eggs, 1 at a time, and the lemon zest.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup lemon juice, the buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/2 cup lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves. When the cakes are done, allow to cool for 10 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pans and set them on a rack set over a tray or sheet pan; spoon the lemon syrup over them. Allow the cakes to cool completely.
• For the glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar and the lemon juice in a bowl, mixing with a wire whisk until smooth. Pour over the tops of the cakes and allow the glaze to drizzle down the sides.

LUSCIOUS LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat first 5 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended; 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 30 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto Wire Rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.
• Spoon lemon curd into medium bowl; gently whisk in COOL WHIP. Spread onto cake.

LUSCIOUS LAYERED LEMON CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake in 2 (9-inch) round pans as directed on package, blending dry drink mix and lemon zest into batter before pouring into prepared pans. Cool in pans 10 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add chocolate; stir until melted. Stir in milk and lemon juice. Refrigerate 15 min. or until thickened but not set. Gently stir in COOL WHIP.
• Cut each cake layer horizontally into 2 layers. Stack on plate, spreading COOL WHIP mixture between layers and on top of cake.

LUSCIOUS LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare the cake mix according to the box, and bake as directed in 2 round pans.
• Remove from the pans to cool.
• Put the cakes back in pans, and poke cakes all over with a fork.
• Mix the boiling water with the Jell-O until dissolved.
• Pour half over each layer, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• TO MAKE THE FROSTING: Pour milk into a bowl.
• Add pudding mix and powdered sugar.
• Blend with a wire whisk.
• Stir in the Cool Whip until completely combined.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• To frost, dip one cake pan in hot water for about 10 seconds.
• Unmold it onto serving plate.
• Spread with about 1 cup of frosting.
• Top with second layer, then frost top and sides of cake.
• Keep cake refrigerated until ready to serve.

LUSCIOUS LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake, beat the cake mix and eggs until blended using a mixer on low.
• Fold in lemon pie filling (do not beat in).
• Spread in a greased 13 x 9 inch pan and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. (You might also want to put parchment paper on the bottom, greased on both sides, for easy removal.).
• For the frosting, mix the butter and cream cheese until smooth using the mixer on low.
• Add the sugar and vanilla, again blending until smooth.
• You can frost the cake once it has cooled, but if you want to frost it later (or make the frosting ahead of time), you can store it in the refrigerator in a bowl with plastic wrap applied directly on top of the frosting. Make sure it is covered completely, and it will last in the fridge for a couple days.

LUSCIOUS LEMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. For the crust: In a food processor, blend ingredients until they resemble coarse meal. Press mixture into the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch pan. Bake until set and golden, about 20 minutes. Cool. For the filling: In a bowl, beat eggs, sugar and lemon juice together. Add flour and baking powder, blending only long enough to incorporate. Pour filling into baked crust and bake until set, about 25 minutes. Cool. Dust with powdered sugar before cutting. Cut into squares.

LUSCIOUS LEMON POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Place cake layers, top sides up, in 2 clean 9-inch round pans. Pierce cakes with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Carefully pour over cake layers. Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Beat pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min.; stir in COOL WHIP. Dip 1 cake pan in warm water 10 sec.; unmold onto plate. Spread with about 1 cup pudding mixture. Unmold second cake layer; carefully place on first cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining pudding mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour.

LUSCIOUS LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with butter.
• Dust pan with cake flour.
• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Melt butter, whisk thoroughly to reincorporate any separated milk solids.
• In food processor or blender, process sugar and lemon zest until combined.
• Add lemon juice, eggs and vanilla, process until combined (about 5 seconds).
• With machine running, add melted butter through the feed tube in steady stream (about 20 seconds).
• Transfer mixture to large bowl.
• Sift flour mixture over eggs in three steps, whisking gently after each addition until just combined.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 350°F.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325°F and continue to bake until deep golden brown and skewer in center comes out clean (about 35 minutes).
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Turn onto wire rack.
• While cake cooling bring sugar, lemon juice and zest to boil in small saucepan.
• Stir occasionally to dissolve sugar.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened slightly, about 2 minutes.
• With toothpick poke holes on all sides of cake.
• Brush on Lemon Glaze.
• Allow to cool at room temperature at least one hour before serving.

LUSCIOUS LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Line the bottom of a well-oiled 23 x 13 x 7.5cm (9 x 5 x 3in) loaf tin with baking parchment.
• Put the eggs and sugar in the bowl of the food processor and process for 2 minutes, scraping the sides down once with a rubber spatula. Take off the lid and drop spoonfuls of the soft butter or margarine on top of this mixture, together with the lemon zest, then pulse just until it disappears. The mixture should now resemble mayonnaise.
• Add the flour, milk and salt, cover and pulse just until the mixture is smooth in texture and even in colour, scraping the sides down with a rubber spatula if necessary. Do not over-beat or the cake will be tough.
• Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown on top and firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and stand the tin on a cooling rack. To make the syrup, gently heat the sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan, stirring until a clear syrup is formed, about 3 minutes. Do not boil.
• Prick the warm cake all over with a fork, then gently pour the syrup over it, until it has been completely absorbed.
• Leave until cool, then carefully ease the cake from the baking tin and remove the baking parchment.
• Just before serving, sift a little more icing sugar on the top. Serve in generous slices.