Name: Lemon Velvet Cake + Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 12, 12 people
Cuisine: southern
Ingredients: 1½ cups all purpose flour; 1 cup cake flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1¾ cups granulated sugar; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 1/4 cup butter-flavored shortening; 2 eggs; 1-2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon pure lemon extract; 1 heaping teaspoon lemon zest ((from 1-2 lemons)); 1 cup buttermilk; 1/2 teaspoon white distilled vinegar; 1/3 cup hot lemon water ((hot water mixed with 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice)); 4-6 drops yellow food coloring; 2 (8 oz) cream cheese (room temperature); 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature); 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 ½ teaspoons pure lemon extract; 1 ½ heaping teaspoons lemon zest ((from 2 lemons)); 4-5 cups powdered sugar (sifted); 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice ( (if needed)); 4-5 drops yellow food coloring

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Lemon Velvet Cake + Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 12 · 58m total

Servings

Calories

38% of a 2,000 cal day

755KCAL

Protein

7g13% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat40g

51%

Saturated16g

78%

Unsaturated24g

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Total Carbs94g

34%

Fiber1g

Total Sugars72g

—

incl. Added Sugars69g

100%

Starch22g

—

Sodium512mg

22%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A soft, fluffy lemon velvet cake with buttermilk tang and lemon cream cheese frosting. A Southern classic bursting with citrus flavor.

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

1½ cupsall purpose flour
1 cupcake flour
1 tspbaking soda
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspsalt
1¾ cupsgranulated sugar
¾ cupvegetable oil
¼ cupbutter-flavored shortening
2eggs
1–2 tsppure vanilla extract
1 tbsppure lemon extract
1lemon zest — 1–2
1 cupbuttermilk
½ tspwhite distilled vinegar
⅓ cuphot lemon water) — (hot water mixed with 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
yellow food coloring — drop
16 ozcream cheese — room temperature, 2
8 tbspunsalted butter — room temperature
1½ tsppure vanilla extract
1½ tsppure lemon extract
1½ tsplemon zest — heaping, 2
4–5 cupspowdered sugar — sifted
1–2 tsplemon juice — optional
yellow food coloring — drop

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Method

58m total

Read the method on Divas Can CookMonique Kilgore @DivasCanCook’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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