Best Creamy Lemon Butter Cake Recipes

CREAMY LEMON BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9 inch springform pan. Set aside.
• 2. Beat cream cheese on medium high for about 5 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add confectioner's sugar beat another 2 minutes. Add egg and beat until blended about 1 more minute, then add butter, both lemon and vanilla extracts, and lemon peel. Beat until combined for about 1 more minute. Set aside.
• 3. Cake Batter: In large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Next, whisk into flour mixture the butter, eggs, lemon juice, vanilla extract,and lemon peel until combined...DO NOT OVER MIX.
• 4. Pour batter into spring form pan and spread batter evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. Top with Cream cheese mixture by evenly spreading mixture over the batter to within 1/2" from edges of pan so that some of the cake batter still shows..see picture.
• 5. Bake for 35-40 minutes...or until the cake has puffed up or toothpick inserted comes out clean on the outer edges of the cake..not in the middle where the cream cheese is..very important.
• 6. Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes before releasing sides of springform ring and then cool for another hour on the cooling rack. Now refrigerate for 3-4 hours before adding a large dollop of whipping cream in center of cake and add a marschino cherry, and then sprinkle with powdered sugar. Keep covered in fridge until ready to serve.
• 7. You may use blueberries, raspberries or the maraschino cherry for the topping of the whipped cream..I had the cherry on hand so that is what I used...layer several different fruits if desired!

LEMON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat butter, lemon peel and lemon juice in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Beat 2 to minutes longer or until light and fluffy.

CREAMY LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for a 9x13 inch pan. Poke holes in cake while still hot with the round handle of a wooden spoon. Make gelatin with only 1 cup of boiling water. Pour liquid gelatin over cake while hot. Cool cake completely.
• Beat together whipped topping, pudding mix, milk and vanilla extract. Pour mixture over cooled cake and refrigerate until ready to serve.

LEMON BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cream the butter and sugar in a medium bowl using a hand mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. While still mixing, slowly add the eggs, then the vanilla. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Add half the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix. Then add the lemon juice and zest. Mix, then add the remaining half cup of the flour mixture. Pour into a greased 8-inch square pan. Bake until the cake springs back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes.

ALEX'S LEMON CREAM CHEESE BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, butter and lemon rind together until smooth,
• Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time,.
• stir in flour in two batches,.
• beat lightly ulntil smooth.
• Spoon into well greased 20cm ring or baba tin.
• Bake in moderate oven (l60C) for 30 minutes,.
• reduce heat to moderatle slow (140C) and bake for a further 30 minutes.
• let stand in tin 10 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack.
• When cold top with lemon glaze.
• LEMON GLAZE:.
• Sift icing sugar into bowl,.
• beat in enough lemon juice to give a less than pouring consistency.
• NOTE:.
• Cake will freeze well for up to 2 month.
• Freeze without glaze and top with glaze several hours before serving.