lemon buttercream

This Lemon Chiffon Cake is light, sweet and topped with creamy lemon buttercream frosting!

Lemon Chiffon Cake

all purpose flour

baking powder

sugar

salt

eggs,

water

vegetable oil

vanilla extract

lemon

cream of tartar

butter, room temperature

lemon zest

lemon juice

Cake

Preheat oven to 325°F. Arrange the oven so you can bake the cake on the lowest rack. Set aside a a 10- inch tube pan (Angel Food Cake pan).

In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.

In a small bowl whisk together the egg yolks, water, oil, vanilla, and lemon zest. When combined, add this into the bowl with the flour mixture. Mix on medium-low speed until combined and smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Place the egg whites in a separate large mixing bowl with the cream of tartar. With the whisk attachment or a hand mixer, beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form.

Fold the egg whites into the batter using a rubber spatula until combined. Spoon the batter into the un-greased tube pan.

Place the pan on the lowest rack and bake for 50 minutes, or until golden and set. Cake will spring back when pressed lightly.

When the cake is done, immediately invert the pan. I like to place the pan on a wine bottle upside-down. This allows the pan to cool without trapping steam underneath, while not allowing the cake to deflate.

Allow the cake to cool for at least an hour.

When cooled, run a butter knife around the sides of the cake to release it from the pan. Gently lift the cake out. Run the knife under the cake to release it from the bottom cake pan. Place the cake on a platter.

Frosting

In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix together the butter, powdered sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Turn the mixer up to medium speed and beat for 1-2 minutes until creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary,

Lovely lemon buttercream frosting made with 3 simple ingredients and whipped to fluffy perfection. This simple lemon frosting will brighten up all of your favorite treats and can easily be made vegan and dairy free!

Lovely Lemon Buttercream Frosting

(2 sticks) salted butter

In the bowl of an electric mixer (or use a hand mixer), add the softened butter or softened vegan butter and whip on high until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest; beat on high for 1-2 minutes more until well combined. Taste and add ½ cup more powdered sugar, if necessary. You may need to scrape the frosting down the sides of the bowl and then beat again. Optional: You may need to add in a little bit of milk (about 1 tablespoon) to thin the frosting out so it’s a little more creamy, but it depends on how you like it.

Spread frosting over a cooled cake or your favorite treats!

My Lemon Cake recipe with lemon buttercream frosting is zippy, lemony, moist, and sweet — everything you could want in a spring dessert!

Lemon Cake Recipe with Lemon Buttercream

eggs ((at room temperature))

(8floz/225 milliliters) milk

¼ cup (2floz/57 milliliters) lemon juice

(2floz/57 milliliters) neutral flavored oil

lemon extract ((optional))

lemons

⅔ cups (13⅓oz/378 grams) all-purpose flour

(1½oz/40 grams) cornstarch

baking soda

(24 ounces 680 grams) powdered sugar

heavy cream

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter, flour, and line with parchment three 8-inch (20cm) round cake pans. Set aside.

With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, and then add the eggs one at a time until fully combined.

In a measuring cup with a pour spout, combine the milk, lemon juice, oil, lemon extract, and lemon zest. Gradually add the liquid to the butter mixture until thoroughly mixed.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually beat into the batter just until evenly combined.

Divide the batter between your prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes if using two pans and 20-25 minutes if using 3 pans, until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool for 10 minutes in the pans before inverting onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

To Make the Lemon Cake:

While the cake is cooling, prepare the lemon buttercream: with an electric mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy, then gradually add the powdered sugar. Beat until fully combined.

Into the butter mixture, pour in the lemon juice, cream or milk, and lemon zest and beat until combined.

When the cake is thoroughly cooled, level your layers and frost.

Store this cake at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

To Make the Buttercream Frosting:

Hi Gemma!
I made this cake for my son’s birthday party last year and everyone loved it!  I’m making it again this year but wanted to make a 9” cake instead since there will be more people.  How do you suggest I adjust the ingredients and the baking times?  
Also, how many days in advance can I make this cake if I refrigerate the cake layers?  Will it be ok if I made the cake layers 3 days before? I was thinking to frost and cover with white chocolate ganache 2 days before and then decorate with fondant the day before.  Will that still work?
Debbie

The cake look really great but it was way too sweet for everyone and nearly no one ate a piece  of cake :(
Made me a bit sad. I'd love to make a lighter version next time.

Hi Gemma
I've made this cake for my dad's birthday the last few years. This year he's asked if it's possible to make it lime instead of lemon (I think he's testing my baking skills!). Since I can't find a lime cake recipe; would I be able to just swap out the lemon for lime?
Thanks :)

Made the cake last night, added blueberries.  Iced it today.  WOW, so fresh and bright.  We love it.  BTW, I baked it in two layers.  I froze one layer.  The other I cut in half, iced the top of one piece and stacked the other on top and iced the top and outside.  It looks like we have already eaten half ????. This works great for us, now we don’t have a whole cake to eat.  We will eat the other half later.  Thanks for sharing.

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