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Topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting, it's the ultimate dessert! There are two things I love almost as much as chocolate: Lemons and blueberries. When you put the two together, it's hard to imagine a dessert any better than lemon blueberry layer cake. You can cook Lemon Cake with Lemon Zest Cream Cheese Icing using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lemon Cake with Lemon Zest Cream Cheese Icing
- Prepare 1 box of favorite lemon cake mix.
- You need 3/4 cup of sour cream.
- You need 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
- You need 1/4 cup of mayonnaise.
- It’s 3 of eggs room temperature.
- It’s 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of For the Frosting.
- You need 8 oz of cream cheese, softened.
- It’s 1/4 cup of butter, softened.
- It’s 2 1/2 cups of powdered sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
- You need 3 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
- It’s 3 tbsp of lemon zest.
To infuse the cake with lemon, I first pulsed the sugar with the lemon zest. This step is optional, but it helps release the oils in the lemon zest to get maximum flavor. I used the zest of one lemon, but two lemons would give the cake a deeper flavor. Then I subbed in some fresh lemon juice for part of the milk.
Lemon Cake with Lemon Zest Cream Cheese Icing instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease a bundt pan.
- Place all cake ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Mix on medium with an electric mixer until all ingredients are combined, pour in bundt pan. Place in oven..
- For the frosting, add the butter, lemon juice and cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium for 2 minutes. Turn the mixer down to low gradually add the powder sugar, vanilla and lemon zest. Once combined, turn the mixer up to medium and beat for another two minutes. Spread onto cooled cake then add chocolate chips to cake and serve. Store in refrigerator for up to 5 days. Enjoy!!.
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