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Lemonade Cake

Lemonade Cake

This Lemonade Cake is bursting with lemon flavor, perfectly transforming your favorite Summer drink into a delightful dessert.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 slices
Calories 324 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand Mixer
  • Baking pan

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 2.5 cups cake flour sifted
  • 1.5 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 0.75 cups unsalted butter slightly chilled and cut into slices
  • 4 large eggs
  • 0.75 cups frozen pink lemonade concentrate thawed
  • 0.5 cups milk room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For the Frosting

  • 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 0.25 cups frozen pink lemonade concentrate thawed
  • 0.75 teaspoon lemon extract
  • pink food coloring optional
  • straws optional
  • lemon slices optional

Instructions
 

For the Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan then set aside.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer, add flour, sugar, salt and baking powder and mix on low speed to combine.
  • Next slowly add in butter slices and allow to mix until flour resembles coarse crumbs.
  • While butter mixes, in a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, pink lemonade, milk, lemon extract and vanilla extract and set aside.
  • With mixer still on low speed, add egg mixture in three batches allowing liquid to combine into dry ingredients until fully incorporated.
  • If desired, stir in a few drops of pink or red food coloring to create a fun pink color. Spread batter into prepared pan evenly.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes or until cake toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean with a few crumbs. Cool in pan on a wire rack until room temperature. While cooling, prepare the frosting.

For the Frosting

  • In your stand mixer, add butter and salt at medium low speed.
  • Next turn the mixer down to low and slowly add confectioner’s sugar in small portions until all is added then turn the speed to medium high to combine.
  • Add lemonade and lemon extract and mix until nice and fluffy. Add in food coloring at this point if desired.

Notes

Frosting serves as a protective barrier for a cake, so there’s no need to wrap or refrigerate this cake. Cover the cake using a cake keeper or an overturned bowl to protect it from anything in the air.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 324kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 2gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 115mgPotassium: 90mgSugar: 35gVitamin A: 465IUVitamin C: 2.4mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 0.3mg
Keyword baking, cake recipe, frosted cake, lemon flavor, Lemonade Cake, Summer dessert
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