Description
Lemon Velvet Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting is a refreshing dessert that perfectly balances sweetness and tanginess. This delightful cake features moist, fluffy layers infused with zesty lemon flavor, topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting. Ideal for birthdays, spring parties, or simply as an afternoon treat, this cake is sure to impress your guests and brighten any occasion. With easy-to-follow instructions, you’ll create a beautiful cake that not only tastes amazing but also looks stunning on any dessert table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 2 large eggs
- 1–2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon extract
- 1 heaping tsp lemon zest
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 tsp white vinegar
- 1/3 cup hot lemon water (2 tbsp lemon juice mixed with 1/3 cup hot water)
- 4–6 drops yellow food coloring (optional)
- 16 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- 1 1/2 heaping tsp lemon zest
- 4–5 cups powdered sugar
- 1–2 tsp lemon juice (if needed)
- 4–5 drops yellow food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325°F and grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, beat sugar, oil, shortening, eggs, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and lemon zest until light and fluffy.
- Gradually mix in the dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk until just combined.
- Add the vinegar mixed with hot lemon water to the batter and stir gently.
- Pour the batter evenly into prepared pans and bake for 25–30 minutes or until set in the center.
- Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- For frosting, beat together softened cream cheese and butter until fluffy; then mix in vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon zest, and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Once cooled, frost each layer generously with lemon cream cheese frosting.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice - approximately 85g
- Calories: 335
- Sugar: 31g
- Sodium: 265mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 41g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 55mg