Best Lemon Cake Ever

By á-2240

Ingredients

• Cake:
• Cooking Spray
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)
• 1 Tsp baking powder
• 1/2 Tsp baking soda
• 1/2 Tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup nonfat buttermilk
• 2 Tbsp finely grated lemon rind
• 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• Icing:
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 Tbsp lemon rind
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• Lemon rind strips (optional)

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-in) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray. Dust pans with 2 Tbsp flour, and set aside.
3. Lightly spoon 2 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
4. Place granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture and nonfat buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat in 2 Tbsp lemon rind and 2 Tbsp lemon juice.
5. Pour batter into prepared pans; sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350 for 32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack; remove wax paper from cake layers.
6. To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar and the remaining ingredients (except lemon rind strips) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk until smooth. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread half of icing on top of cake. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining half of icing over top of cake. Garnish with lemon rind strips, if desired. store cake loosely covered in the refrigerator.