Lemon Drop Cake is easy to make but is for serious lemon lovers! Lemon cake mix poked with lemon sauce and topped with whipped lemon frosting.
Cake Ingredients:
6 C flour
2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp kosher salt
2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened to room temperature
1 3/4 C sugar
4 large eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 C buttermilk
1 Tbsp lemon zest
1/3 C fresh lemon juice
3 9inch round cake pans
Lemon Frosting ingredients:3 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
6 C powdered sugar
2 tbsp lemon zest
3 tsp fresh lemon juice
3-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream
1 large piping bag fitted with a star tip
Lemons, thinly sliced for toppings
Cake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 and spray the cake pans with pam baking spray
In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter and sugar together creamy.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until combined.
With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients just until combined.
With the mixer still running on low, add the buttermilk, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix just until combined. Pour batter evenly into cake pans.
Bake for around 21-26 minutes or until the cakes are baked through.
Frosting Directions:
Using a standing mixer, cream together all ingredients.
Using a cake slicer, slice a thin layer off the tops of the cakes.
Place 1 cake layer on your serving plate.
Evenly cover the top with about 1 cup of frosting.
Top with 2nd cake layer and evenly cover the top with about 1 cup of frosting.
Top with the third cake layer.
Spread the remaining frosting all over the top and sides.
Scoop remaining frosting into the piping bag and pipe dollops all over the cake
Pipe larger dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
Place the sliced lemons in between the larger dollops. Cut and enjoy!
