Sunday, April 29, 2012

Lots of Lemon Cake

It was my Dad's Birthday this week and this is what I decided to make him:
Lemon Cake with Lemon Buttercream Icing.
It is decorated with a basketweave design on the sides which is actually much easier to do than it looks ;) And of course, for spring, daisies on top.
Lemon cake is pretty easy to make. I think everybody has a favorite basic yellow cake recipe or cake mix. Use that as a base, and just add 2 tablespoons of lemon zest. If you don't have a good yellow cake recipe here are links to a couple really good ones.



Betty Crocker recipe
Wilton cake recipe



As for the icing; it's just a basic buttercream.
2/3 c. butter softened
6 c. powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/2t.  lemon zest
I also added some yellow food coloring.



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