Lemon Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- Two and half cups all-purpose flour
- One tablespoon lemon zest
- One teaspoon salt
- Half teaspoon baking powder
- Half teaspoon baking soda
- One cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- One and half cups white sugar
- Two large eggs
- Three large egg yolks
- Two tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- One cup low-fat buttermilk
Preparation Procedure:
Step No: - 01
Pre-heat oven to 350-352 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter
and flour two 8-inch cake pans, drumming out excess flour.
Step No: - 02
Whisk flour, lemon zest, salt, baking powder, and baking
soda together in a boule.
Step No: - 03
Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electronic
mixer until light and fluffy. Beat eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, into
creamed butter mixture on low speed, beating well after each adding before
adding the next. Shattered lemon juice into butter mixture. Beat flour mixture,
blinking with buttermilk, into butter mixture till batter is just combined.
Divide batter between the ready cake pans.
Step No: - 04
Bake in the pre-heated oven until cake pulls away from sides
of pan, 32-35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 10-12 minutes. Run a sharp knife
around the edges of pan and invert cake onto a wire rack to cool.