Lemon Frosted Lemon Cake
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large lemon, zest of
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- Icing
- 1 cup icing sugar, sifted
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter, a 9 inch springform pan and then line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and pale in color.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Beat in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and then add to the batter along with the lemon juice.
- Mix only until incorporated.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with a spatula.
- Bake about 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Place on a wire rack to cool, then gently remove the sides of the pan.
- For the icing, combine the sifted confectioners' sugar with the 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Frost the top of the cake, allowing the icing to drip down the sides.
- Let the icing set before covering.
butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon, flour, baking powder, salt, lemon juice, icing, icing sugar, lemon juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lemon-frosted-lemon-cake-252603 (may not work)