Lemon Ginger Cake W/ Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 1
ingredients
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CAKE
- 2 cups sugar
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter, room-temperature (1 ; 1/2 sticks)
- 4 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups buttermilk
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FROSTING
- 11 ounces cream cheese, room-temperature
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room-temperature (2 sticks)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons lemons, rind of, grated
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 3⁄4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
directions
- For Cake: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
- Butter two 9-inch diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides.
- Line bottom of pans with waxed paper; butter paper.
- Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until well blended.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Mix in lemon juice, lemon peel and vanilla (mixture may look curdled).
- Sift flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions each, beginning with dry ingredients.
- Divide batter equally between prepared pans.
- Bake until golden brown and tester inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
- Transfer pans to racks.
- Cool 10 minutes.
- Using small sharp knife, cut around sides of pan to loosen cakes.
- Turn out cakes onto racks and cool completely.
- Peel off waxed paper.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly in plastic and store at room temperature.) For Frosting: Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, butter lemon juice, 2 teaspoons lemon peel and vanilla in large bowl until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and beat until frosting is smooth.
- Place 1 cake layer on platter.
- Spread 1 cup frosting over top.
- Place remaining cake layer atop.
- Using icing spatula, spread remaining frosting over sides and top of cake in decorative swirls.
- Sprinkle top of cake with remaining 1 teaspoon lemon peel.
- (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover with cake dome and refrigerate. Let cake stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.).
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Reviews
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wasn't as gingery as I was hoping, but it was delicious. guessed on the cinnamon, but even I haven't a clue how much I added.<br/><br/>I made mini cupcakes: filled the cups halfway, baked for 15 minutes. if you do this, make less icing.<br/><br/>I used all purpose flour- 3 cups minus 6 tablespoons.<br/><br/>thanks for sharing!
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A1. An absolute winner with everyone. Made a VERY big cake for our family, so next time will make 1/2 the quantities. Also, I LOVE lemon rind so I doubled the amount of that, and then threw in a bit more for good measure!! :-) Would like to know how much cinnamon to add, as that got missed in the cake as it is not in the ingredient listing. Stayed beautifully moist for the 5 days it took us to eat it, and it was stored uncovered in the fridge. Made it using Spelt flour no problems. We ate it as a desert(with fruit and icecream) and as a 'cup of tea' cake. Yummo and thanks.
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