TSR Version of Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake by Todd Wilbur
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) betty crocker white cake mix
- 1 14 cups water
- 13 cup oil
- 3 egg whites
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 12 cup all-purpose flour
- 12 cup powdered sugar
- 14 cup cold butter
- 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
- powdered sugar (for garnish)
- Make white cake following directions on box.
- Pour batter into 10-inch greased cake pan, or springform pan, and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 - 45 minutes.
- Allow cake to cool completely when it comes out of the oven.
- Make lemon cream filling by mixing cream cheese and powdered sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Mix in lemon juice.
- Whip cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until it forms stiff peaks.
- Combine cream cheese mixture whith whipped cream.
- Stir by hand until blended.
- Make crumb topping by combining flour and powdered sugar in a medium bowl.
- Add butter and dribble in the vanilla extract.
- Use your hands to mix cold butter into flour and sugar.
- Break butter into smaller and smaller pieces as you incorporate it into the dry ingredients.
- Be sure not to press the mixture together.
- You want to end up with a very crumbly consistency with pieces no bigger than a pea.
- (If you have trouble making small crumbs, pop the bowl into your fridge for a few minutes.)
- Chill this crumb topping until you are ready to use it.
- When the cake is cool, slice it in half through the middle and remove the top.
- Spread all but 1/2 cup of the lemon cream mixture onto the bottom half of the cake, then carefully replace the top half of the cake.
- Spread the remaining 1/2 cup of cream filling over the top and sides of the cake.
- Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the cake and press it onto the sides all the way around the cake.
- Now chill the cake for at least 3 hours before your serve it.
- When you are ready to dig in, slice cake into 12 slices.
- Serve each slice topped with powdered sugar tapped through a strainer.
betty crocker white cake mix, water, oil, egg whites, cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice, heavy whipping cream, flour, powdered sugar, cold butter, vanilla, powdered sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tsr-version-of-olive-garden-lemon-cream-cake-by-todd-wilbur-167356 (may not work)