LEMON CHIFFON CAKE

Lemon Chiffon Cake image

This cake recipe makes lemony, light, and luscious lemon-flavored chiffon cake with a creamy filling made with lemon pie filling.

Provided by Carol

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes

Time 3h

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup white sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
6 egg yolks
¾ cup water
1 tablespoon lemon zest
6 egg whites
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
¾ cup white sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 ½ cups lemon pie filling
8 slices lemon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar. Add oil, egg yolks, water and lemon rind. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
In a small bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until peaks form. Gradually add 3/4 cup sugar, and beat until very stiff and shiny peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Turn batter into ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Invert cake and cool completely in pan. When cool, loosen edges and shake pan to remove cake.
To Make Filling: Beat cream to stiff peaks. Fold in lemon filling. Chill until stiff.
To Assemble Cake: Slice cake horizontally into 3 equal layers. Fill layers with 1/3 cup of filling. Spread remaining filling on top layer. Decorate with lemon slices.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 459.5 calories, Carbohydrate 66.9 g, Cholesterol 173.5 mg, Fat 19.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 6.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.4 g, Sodium 343.8 mg, Sugar 48.2 g