Lemon-Lime Layer Cake

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 tbsp Lemon, zest
  • 6 tbsp Lime, zest
  • 2 Limes

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs plus, large

• Condiments

  • 1/4 cup Lemon juice, fresh

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 7 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 cup Buttermilk, low-fat
  • 8 tbsp Milk

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pans
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 7-8 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 limes, juiced
• 6 tablespoons lime zest
• 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
• 8-10 tablespoons milk

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly spray with baking oil and flour two 8-by-2-inch cake pans. Make sure to tap out the excess flour. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.
• In a large bowl mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, or use your KitchenAid mixer like me, cream together butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low and add in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Mix in lemon juice. Alternate adding in flour mixture and buttermilk beginning and ending with flour. Mix until well combined.
• Pour ½ of the batter into one pan and add the remaining to the second pan. Place in oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until cake starts to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Once cakes are completely cooked remove from the oven and cool. Allow the pans to cool for 10 minutes on a cake rack, then remove cakes from the pans and place back on cake rack, allowing them to completely cool.
• While the cakes are cooling, make lime buttercream. In a large bowl, cream together the confectioners sugar and butter until smooth. Gradually mix in the milk, lime zest and juice with an electric mixer until smooth and stiff, about 5 minutes. Color with food coloring if desired.
• *2 Layer Cake -* Evenly spread the filling on top of the bottom layer, then add the second cake on top.