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Lemonade Cake

By //  by Candace Sampson

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Something you should know about me is that I’m a pie girl. Pie over cake any day. However, I am clearly outnumbered in my family as the only other pie aficionado is my youngest daughter. I do love my family very much though, so I bake them cakes, because no matter how hard I try I can’t convert them damn it.

My mother’s birthday just passed and I thought I’d try something new. I have to admit this Lemonade Cake was delicious and briefly made me forget about my love affair with apple crumble. It also made those “cake people” very, very happy.

There are several recipes for Lemonade cake floating about on the internet, but in the end I chose this one because I like making my own cake, rather than the boxed kind.

Lemonade Cake

1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
3 tablespoons thawed lemonade concentrate
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 large egg whites
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cups fat-free buttermilk
Cooking spray

Icing

2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
2 teaspoons thawed lemonade concentrate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cake, place first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; stir well with a whisk. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well after each addition.

Pour batter into 2 (9-inch) round cake pans coated with cooking spray; sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.

To prepare frosting, place 2 tablespoons butter and the next 4 ingredients (2 tablespoons butter through cream cheese) in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar, and beat at low speed just until blended (do not overbeat). Chill 1 hour.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Store cake loosely covered in the refrigerator.

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Filed Under: Desserts, Food & Drink, Recipes Tagged With: Candace Derickx, desserts, Food & Drink, lemon desserts, Lemonade Cake, Life in Pleasantville, Spring Cakes, Summer Cakes

About Candace Sampson

Candace is founder and editor-in-chief of Life in Pleasantville which isn't half as fancy as it sounds. You can find her sharing travel stories on What She Said Radio and on CTV Ottawa Morning Live.

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  1. Dianne / Smilenwaven

    April 21, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    You had me at lemon… gotta try this!!

  2. Judy Sampson

    April 22, 2012 at 11:16 am

    and it was delicious! Iknow because it was my birthday cake. the whole meal was fabulous in fact.

  3. Candace

    April 23, 2012 at 9:31 am

    Let me know what you think Dianne!

  4. Candace

    April 23, 2012 at 9:31 am

    Thanks Mom 😉

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