I love when you people send me recipes. Sometimes I get stuck, and tend to visit the same online sites for inspiration, so new ideas are ALWAYS welcome. Especially delicious ones, that include butter and sugar (I promise I won't be pregnant for much longer). A friend of mine (who also happens to be pregnant) sent me this lemon cake and said a chocolate lover declared this the "best cake he's ever eaten." Well, as a fellow chocolate lover, I knew I had to investigate such a bold statement. So I took my GOOD butter, eggs and buttermilk from the Hamptons and set off to bake a cake... (why am I talking like a hobbit on some epic adventure).
Well, I'm still a chocolate girl, but it IS delicious. Not overly sweet, perfectly moist, with wonderful lemon flavor. I decided to use this Vanilla Butter Cream frosting, because I thought that the subtle saltiness in it would balance out the sweet, tartness of the lemons. I was right! I love being right. Also, I don't know if the candied lemons on top are necessary, but they sure are purrrty...
I absolutely LOVE lemon cakes.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to make this and I loved that you talked like a hobbit because in my mind hobbits probably make really good cakes, right? I mean they love food and drinking as much as I do... if not more.
I'm sisters with the friend who sent you this, and I got to prepare it for our other sister's birthday cake. Isn't it a great alternative? Like you said, it's not overly sweet at all. I forgot how much I love lemony baked things.
ReplyDeleteThey are lots of green lemons on my tree, so I'll bookmark this one to do next month !!! Sounds yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! And looks delicious!
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