Cake Recipes
Mile High Buttermilk Cake
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- 4 cups cake flour or 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 6 egg whites
Filling
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 teaspoons shredded lemon peel
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
Frosting
- 1 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
Cake
- Stir together flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- In large mixing bowl, beat butter on high speed of electric mixer for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar; beat until fluffy.
- Beat in lemon extract.
- Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately, beating after each addition.
- Add egg whites; beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Divide among 3 wax-paper-lined 9 x 2 inch round baking pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.
Filling
- In saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in 1 cup water. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
- Gradually stir about half of the hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to saucepan; cook and stir 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat; stir in butter and shredded lemon peel.
- Stir in lemon juice. Cover with plastic wrap; cool.
Frosting
- In small saucepan combine milk and flour. Cook and stir until thickened; cook and stir 1 minute more. Cover with plastic wrap; cool.
- In small mixing bowl, beat butter for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar; beat until fluffy.
- Add cooled milk mixture; beat until fluffy.
- To assemble: Set aside 1/4 cup filling.
- Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread with half of remaining filling.
- Add second cake layer; spread other half of filling on top.
- Add third layer. Frost cake; drizzle with reserved filling.
- Garnish with lemon slices, if desired.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin