Triple Lemon Cake

Lemon cake is layered with a sweet lemon filling and topped with a lemon frosting creating a lemon cake with three hits of lemon flavor.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 326 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon warm water
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 lemon, juiced, divided
• 1 cup raw sugar, or to taste
• 3 ½ tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 3 ½ tablespoons raw sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 7-inch round baking dish with parchment paper.

Step 2

Beat 1 cup raw sugar and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well before adding the next egg. Stir flour, water, and lemon zest into creamed butter mixture until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until top of cake springs back when touched, about 30 minutes. Cool cake completely.

Step 4

Beat confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, and lemon juice together in a bowl using an electric mixer until topping is smooth and creamy. Mix 3 1/2 tablespoons raw sugar and remaining lemon juice together in a separate bowl to make the filling.

Step 5

Slice the cooled cake horizontally, forming 2 round cakes. Poke holes into the bottom cake and pour lemon-sugar filling over cake. Place second cake over the bottom cake and spread the topping over the top cake.