Lemon Layer Cake | Saveur

Lemon Layer Cake | Saveur

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This citrusy cake gets infused three ways: zest in the batter, a tart syrup that gets drizzled over the cakes, and in a thick lemon curd frosting.

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Ingredients

  • 16 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans
  • 2 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cups cake flour, plus more for pans, sifted
  • 2 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cups sugar
  • 1 tbsp. lemon zest
  • 4 eggs
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>3</sub> cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cups sugar
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup cornstarch
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup lemon zest
  • 10 egg yolks
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cups unsalted butter, softened

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