This Lemon Pucker Cake is a moist, buttery lemon cake filled with tangy lemon curd and encased in the perfect sweetness of a decadent white chocolate buttercream.
Lemon Pucker Cake
This Lemon Pucker Cake is a moist, buttery lemon cake filled with tangy lemon curd and encased in the perfect sweetness of a decadent white chocolate buttercream.
Ingredients
Lemon Curd
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 ½ cup white sugar
- Juice and zest from 4 large lemons
- ½ cup, (1 stick), unsalted butter, softened
- A pinch of salt
Cake
- 1 ½ cups, (3 sticks), unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups whites sugar
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons lemon zest
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- A pinch salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 6 oz. white chocolate, melted and cooled
- 4 tablespoons whipping cream
Instructions
Lemon Curd
- Cream sugar, lemon zest, and softened butter together. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour mixture into a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until a thermometer registers 175 degrees Fahrenheit. Immediately remove from heat and whist in a pinch of salt. Strain into a bowl and allow to cool at room temperature for 15 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap, so that the plastic wrap rests on the curd, and refrigerate until further use, at least two hours.
Cake
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and line two round bake pans. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, lemon juice, and zest with the mixer on stir and beat until fully combined.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt baking powder, and baking soda. Alternatively mix in the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the egg mixture in the mixer and mix until just combined. Divide the batter amongst the cake pans and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a tester inserted in the cake comes out clean.
White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- In the bowl of a stand-up mixer, beat the butter and powdered sugar at low speed until fluffy.
- Add the melted chocolate and whipping cream to the butter mixture and beat until the mixture comes together, about 4 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to use, about 10-15 minutes.
Recipe and Photo: Bakelist
