Best Limoncello Cake Recipes

QUICK AND EASY SUMMER LIMONCELLO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch square cake pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk sour cream, white sugar, canola oil, eggs, 3 tablespoons limoncello, and lemon zest together in a large bowl.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl. Add flour mixture to sour cream mixture; stir with a wooden spoon until batter is just combined. Pour batter into prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 33 to 35 minutes. Cool cake in the pan for 5 minutes.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons limoncello liqueur together in a bowl until glaze is thin and smooth. Spread glaze over the top of the cake. Cool cake completely before slicing.

LIMONCELLO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Add lemon cake mix, lemon pudding mix, eggs, oil, lemon juice, Limoncello, rind and pecans to large bowl.
• Mix for at least 3 minutes.
• Pour into buttered and floured bundt pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Make glaze: Melt butter and add sugar.
• Bring to full boil until sugar is melted.
• Remove from heat and add Limoncello.
• Poke holes all over cake using a skewer or fork.
• Pour glaze over hot cake slowly.
• Cool in pan.

LIMONCELLO CREME CAKE

Steps:

• 1. LEMON CURD: (Make Ahead) Roll room temperature lemons to loosen the juice inside. Then zest 7-8 lemons using a fine grater. Cut lemons and use a strainer to strain seeds from juice as you squeeze into a bowl.
• 2. Separate the 8 egg yolks and reserve 3 whites for the cake.
• 3. In the top of a double boiler, mix egg yolks, sugar, the 2/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, and the lemon zest from all of the lemons.
• 4. Bring the double boiler to simmer and keep it there. Simmer and whisk constantly. Both the temperature and the whisking are necessary to prevent curdling. Simmer and whisk 10 minutes in this fashion until it becomes a thick pudding-like consistency.
• 5. Remove from heat and whisk in lemon extract. Add butter.
• 6. Whisk until it dissolves completely.
• 7. For a smooth lemon curd, strain the curd to remove the zest. You can leave it, though. I leave it in because I like the slight chewiness one gets from the zest.
• 8. Once the curd is strained, it's nice and smooth like pudding.
• 9. Pour into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap touching the curd to prevent a skin from forming. Place bowl in the refrigerator to cool completely. This will be used to make the mascarpone mousse. (My curd makes around 2 cups, and whatever the recipe makes, I use it ALL in the mousse.)
• 10. CAKE: (Can bake the cake a day ahead.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut parchment paper to fit the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Spray cooking spray onto the pan. Place parchment paper in the bottom, and then spray paper too. Dust slightly with some dry cake mix.
• 11. Mix pudding mix and cake mix. Then add 3 egg whites, 2 tablespoons of oil, and 1 1/3 cup of water until the cake mix is moist. Mix 2 minutes (according to package directions).
• 12. Pour into springform pan. Place this into a larger roasting pan in case of leaking.
• 13. Place into the oven for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 14. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before removing springform sides.
• 15. After removing springform sides, place the cake in the freezer for cooling. If baking the night before, I place it into the refrigerator and then place it into the freezer for about 2 hours the morning before I assemble the cake.
• 16. LEMON MASCARPONE MOUSSE: (Should also be made several hours before assembling to help the mousse set up before assembling.) Whip mascarpone until smooth. Continue to beat while adding sugar and lemon extract.
• 17. Check to see that sugar is dissolved. Then continue to beat while adding lemon curd. (If you stop beating while adding these ingredients, the acid of the lemon could curdle the mascarpone.)
• 18. Add limoncello while beating. When it's smooth, chill in the refrigerator. (I do not remove all of the zest caught in the beaters or wire whip. There will still be some in the mousse.)
• 19. LIMONCELLO SOAKING LIQUID: Combine water, sugar, and lemon zest in a saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring consistently until sugar is completely dissolved. Bring the heat up to medium-high and bring the syrup to a boil.
• 20. Remove the pan from heat and let sit for 2 minutes. Strain the liquid to remove lemon zest.
• 21. Stir in the limoncello and the lemon extract. Keep the syrup covered until ready to assemble the cake.
• 22. TO ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Remove cooled cake from the freezer. Using a bread knife, carefully split layer into two layers, cutting all of the way through. Remove top layer, carefully, to wax paper with the cut side up. Carefully, loosen the bottom of the springform pan from the bottom layer by sliding knife or spatula between parchment paper and pan bottom. Then slide cake onto a cake plate with the cut side up.
• 23. Using a pastry brush or a spoon, put limoncello soaking liquid on each layer. (This is why I use the springform pan and cut the layers instead of using two or three round cake pans. The cut layers really allow the liquid to absorb into the cake.)
• 24. Using half of the mascarpone mousse on the layer of cake on the cake plate, smooth it out, and then place it into the freezer until well set. If you rush this, the mousse will squeeze out when the other layer is placed upon it. Return other layers to the freezer also.
• 25. Carefully, place the top layer onto the frosted bottom layer.
• 26. Spread mousse along the top of the cake. You can frost the sides of the cake if you want, but I do not always do that.
• 27. Grate white chocolate on top of the mascarpone mousse. Chill cake for several hours. It takes a while for the mousse to firm up and it's even better the day after it's assembled.
• 28. GARNISHES: When slicing, you may garnish with fresh mint and a lemon slice. Or, it looks really great garnished with a raspberry and some raspberry sauce.
• 29. NOTE: This can be made alcohol free by omitting the limoncello in the mousse, by increasing the sugar in the soaking liquid, and using lemon juice instead of limoncello.

POUND CAKE WITH LIMONCELLO ZABAGLIONE

Steps:

• For the berries: Mix together the berries, lemon juice, limoncello and sugar in a medium bowl. Crush the berries gently, using the back of a fork. Set aside for at least 30 minutes to let the juices develop and the flavors mingle.
• For the limoncello zabaglione: Fill a medium saucepan with 2 inches of water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. In a heat-proof medium bowl that fits comfortably over the saucepan without touching the water, combine the egg yolks, limoncello, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice. Using an electric mixer, beat on low speed until smooth and incorporated. Place the bowl over the simmering water and continue beating until a thick ribbon remains in the mixture when the beaters are lifted out, about 10 minutes. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and continue to beat for another 2 minutes to prevent the egg from cooking. Cool to room temperature.
• To serve, place a 3/4-inch-thick slice of pound cake on a plate. Top with a spoonful of the berries and a dollop of the zabaglione.

ALMOND POUND CAKE WITH LIMONCELLO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Whisk flour, baking powder,and salt in small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat 3/4 cup sugar, oil, and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add almond paste and lemon peel. Beat until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture; stir to blend. Transfer to pan. Bake cake until golden brown on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature.) Remove pan sides from cake. Brush top of cake with limoncello. Sprinkle cake with powdered sugar.

LIMONCELLO POUND CAKE WITH BLUEBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300. Can be made in a bundt pan, springform pan or loaf pan. Grease well and set aside.
• Mix juice of one lemon with heavy cream, set aside.
• Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, until well blended. Add vanilla and almond extract.
• Add lemon mixture alternately with flour to creamed mixture, folding after each addition, beginning and ending with flour.
• Fold in zest of one lemon.
• Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a rack, then transfer to a serving plate.
• For glaze, whisk together melted butter, juice, zest and sugar until smooth.
• While cake is cooling, poke holes on top of cake and pour 4 oz. of Limoncello, then pour glaze over cake.
• For sauce, gently boil berries, sugar, port and cinnamon for about 15 minutes. Add the dissolved cornstarch and cook for additional minute. Cool and servce with cake.

ALMOND LIMONCELLO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan, after spraying sprinkle almonds evenly in the bottom of the pan and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and lemon zest, reserve juice for later use. Mix on low speed until creamy, about 5 minutes, scrap bowl down occasionally. Add 3 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 1 cup of flour, blend well, then add the salt and remaining eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Alternately add the remaining flour with 3 tablespoons Limoncello, beating just until mixture is well blended. Spoon batter into prepared pan, tap pan to allow clearing of air bubbles. Bake 50 to 55 minutes, test until wooden skewer inserted comes out clean.
• 2. Glaze: In small saucepan, blend Limoncello, reserved lemon juice, sugar and butter. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Let boil for 2 minutes. Remove cake from oven after done and pour glaze mixture over the hot cake while still in pan. Let cake cool in the pan. The glaze will be absorbed into the cake as it cools. When the cake is cooled, invert it onto a service plate.

LEMON YOGURT BUNDT CAKE WITH LIMONCELLO GLAZE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In another small bowl, stir together the yogurt and the milk just until smooth. In a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugar, and lemon zest for about 5 minutes, until smooth and light. Stop to scrape the bowl periodically. Add in the eggs one a time, still at medium speed, scraping down the bowl between each addition. Mix well after each egg. On low speed, add in the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt in three additions. Mix just until incorporated. Increase the speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes more, until the entire mixture is smooth and light. Add in 3 Tbsp. of the lemon juice and 1 Tbsp. of the limoncello. Blend just until evenly mixed, no more than 30 seconds. Portion the batter evenly into your pan(s); smooth the top of the batter. Bake until the center of each cake springs back when pressed lightly with a finger, and a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean. This will be about 15 minutes for mini-bundts or cupcakes (if making minis or cupcakes, don't wait for the exposed part of the cake to look golden brown; golden around the edges is enough). If you've made the cake in mini-bundt pans, let them cool for about 10 minutes before inverting the pans onto a cooling racks to remove the cakes. If you've baked cupcakes, give them no more than about five minutes in their pans before carefully removing to a cooling rack. To make the glaze, mix the confectioners' sugar, 2 Tbsp. of lemon juice and 3 Tbsp. of limoncello in a small bowl and stir until any lumps are completely gone. If you'd like the glaze thicker, just stir in a bit more confectioners' sugar until it's the texture you prefer. If you like, serve each cake topped with a little unsweetened whipped cream and some lemon zest curls. Yummy.

LIMONCELLO POUND CAKE (KAT)

Steps:

• 1. **** you can use the homemade limoncello ( https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/drink/cocktail/limoncello-kat.html?p=1) or store bought
• 2. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl add butter and sugar and cream until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and beat in between each one. Add flour , salt and baking powder, mix well. Add vanilla extract and limoncello, mix well.
• 3. Pour into a 6 cup loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray or use a cup cake pan. Bake 40 - 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 4. Place on a wire rack to cool. Poke holes in cake with a fork and drizzle some limoncello over it, about 2 tablespoons ( optional) Make glaze, by adding limoncello into confectioners sugar, make as thick or thin as you want, drizzle over cake ( optional on the glaze too)

PANETTONE CAKE WITH LIMONCELLO

Steps:

• you will need a 9inch deep dish cake pan,coated with butter.
• preheat oven to 180 celcius.
• 1.whisk together the egg yolks,1/2 cup limoncello,sugar and milk until light and fluffy.
• 2.place a layer of panettone on the bottom of your cake pan.pour ¼ of the egg yolk mixture over top,add another layers of panettone and another 1/4 of the egg yolk/milk mixture.
• 3.keep layering until all the panettone and yolk mixture is gone.
• 4.press done panettone to make sure all is covered with liquid.
• 5.put in the oven for 30-40 minutes,or until liquid has set.
• put in fridge overnight,or for at least 5 hours.
• To serve:.
• flip cake over onto a platter,sift icing sugar over entire cake.
• mix 1/4 cup limencello with mascarpone and serve with cake slice.

LIMONCELLO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 6-cup loaf pan and line it with parchment or waxed paper. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and 1 cup of the sugar. With the mixer running at low speed, add the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla. Working in alternating batches, and mixing after each addition, add the dry ingredients and 1/4 cup of the lemon juice (along with the limoncello) to the butter mixture. Mix until just smooth. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until raised in the center and a tester inserted into the center comes out dry and almost clean (a few crumbs are OK), 65 to 75 minutes. Meanwhile, make the glaze: In a small saucepan, heat together the 1/3 cup sugar and the 1/3 cup lemon juice, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside. When the cake is done, let cool in the pan 15 minutes (it will still be warm). Run a knife around the sides of the pan. Set a wire rack on a sheet pan with sides (to catch the glaze) and turn the cake out onto the rack. Peel off the waxed paper. Using a pastry brush, spread glaze all over the top and sides of the cake and let soak in. Repeat until the entire glaze is used up, including any glaze that has dripped through onto the sheet pan. Let cool at room temperature or, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the refrigerator.

ALMOND POUND CAKE W/ LIMONCELLO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 Butter and flour 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Whisk FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, and SALT in a small mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat 3/4 cup SUGAR, OIL and BUTTER in a large bowl until light and fluffy-about 3 minutes. Add ALMOND PASTE and LEMON PEEL. Beat until smooth. Add EGGS, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add FLOUR MIXTURE; stir to blend. Transfer to pan. Bake cake until golden brown on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan, on rack. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature). Remove pan sides from cake. Brush top of cake with limoncello. Sprinkle cake with powdered sugar.

REFRESHING LIMONCELLO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare an 8-inch cake pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the yogurt, eggs, canola oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, and 4 tablespoons limoncello in a large bowl. In a separate large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gently stir the dry ingredients into the wet. Do not over mix or the cake will be tough. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.
• Stir the powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons of limoncello together in a small bowl until smooth. Poke small holes all over the top of the still-warm cake with a fork or toothpick. Spoon the glaze over the cake and spread with the back of a spoon. The glaze will seep into the cake and add moisture.

LIMONCELLO CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease 2 round 9" cake pans with cooking spray. Place pans on parchment paper & trace the bottoms. Cut out the circles, place the parchment liner in the bottom, then grease the liner. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, & salt. In a large bowl with a mixer, combine sugar, sour cream, limoncello, lemon zest, lemon juice, butter, & eggs. Slowly add the flour mixture. Mix just until combined. Divide the batter evenly into the cake pans. Bake 20-25 minutes, or until light, golden brown. Allow to cool 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. In a medium bowl, add the cream cheese, mascarpone, limoncello, & powdered sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat on medium speed until light & fluffy, about 4 minutes. When cakes are cooled completely, place 1 layer on a cake stand. Spread ¼ of the frosting on the cake evenly all the way to the sides using an offset spatula. Place the other layer on top & press gently. Spoon all of the frosting on the top. Spread evenly, pushing the frosting over the edge & spreading it around the sides. Decorate with thinly sliced lemons on top, if desired. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving. Take out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving, allowing it to come to room temperature.

LIMONCELLO POUND CAKE WITH MASCARPONE LEMON FROSTING

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Generously butter 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Combine yogurt, sugar, eggs, lemon peel, and limoncello in large bowl; whisk until well blended. Gradually whisk in dry ingredients. Using rubber spatula, fold in oil. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Place pan on baking sheet.
• Place cake on baking sheet in oven and bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 5 minutes. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn cake out onto rack.
• While still warm, puncture holes in the top of the cake and drizzle with the limoncello. Let this soak in completely.
• Mix together the mascarpone cheese and lemon curd, adjusting the amounts of each to your own tastes for how lemon-y or creamy you would like the frosting.
• Slice the cake in half horizontally and spread the bottom half with a little less than half of the frosting. Replace the top half of the cake and spread with the remaining frosting and then sprinkle with the lemon zest.
• Makes 8 servings.

LIMONCELLO-SPIKED SHORTBREAD ICEBOX CAKE WITH FRESH RASPBERRIES

Steps:

• In a large, chilled bowl, combine limoncello, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and cream. Beat with chilled beaters to stiff peaks. Place a layer of shortbread rounds in a large trifle dish. Top with about an inch of cream. Continue layering, ending with cream. Cover and chill this overnight in fridge. Before serving, sprinkle lemon zest over the top and pile high with berries of your choice.

LIMONCELLO CAKE

Steps:

• 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. add lemon cake mix, lemon pudding, eggs, oil, lemon juice, limoncello, and lemon zest in large mixing bowel till smooth.
• 3. spray bottom of 9x13" pyrex dish, then i place a sheet of parchment paper in bottom to prevent burning bottom of cake (again) then i sprayed the top of the parchment before pouring in the cake batter.
• 4. bake for 45 minutes. cake should be lightly golden on top.
• 5. while cake is baking in oven, make your glaze in a large saucepan. add butter and sugar and bring to a full boil to disolve the sugar, then remove from heat and add lemoncello. i usually get a little heavy handed adding this for a little extra zing.
• 6. once cake is through baking, remove from oven and start pricking holes in cake with fork. slowly pour warm glaze over hot cake...cool till room temp.
• 7. in a large mixing bowel, cream together softened mascarpone and ricotta cheese. then add powdered sugar and lemon juice. add pecans last if desired. frost thoroughly cooled cake and refrigerate

LIMONCELLO POUND CAKE RECIPE FROM CALLMEPMC.COM

Steps:

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LIMONCELLO CAKE WITH MASCARPONE FROSTING RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• CAKE: Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the parchment paper. Mix the limoncello, lemon juice, and lemon zest together and set aside. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt until well combined and set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour alternately with buttermilk and limoncello mixture. Bake cakes for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely in pans. Once cool, remove from pans. Place the first layer on serving plate. Frost top with 1/3 frosting. Place the second layer on top. Frost with half of the frosting. Use remaining frosting to frost the sides of the cake and decorate the top with optional white chocolate shavings. FROSTING: Cream together mascarpone cheese and lemon curd. Whip cream to medium peaks (about the same texture as thawed Cool Whip, stiffer than soft peaks), then slowly add the powdered sugar to the whipped cream until it's fully incorporated. Fold cheese mixture into whipped cream and mix until completely combined.