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Lemon Orange Cake

SUBMITTED BY: Norma Poole

"I love to bake this lovely three-layer cake instead of a more traditional pie for Thanksgiving. It has that tangy Florida citrus flavor and isn't any more difficult to make than a two-layer cake."
PREP TIME  20 Min
COOK TIME  25 Min
READY IN  45 Min
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 10 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 5 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Beat well after each addition. Stir in extracts.
  2. Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees F 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  3. For frosting, in a mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, peels and extract; beat until well blended. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake.
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Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2007 by briarrose85
I didn't make the cake, I just used the frosting to top a white cake with lemon filling, but the frosting was sensational! I definitely recommend it :)

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Reviewed on Feb. 2, 2008 by RALWATTAR
Easy and delicious cake. I replaced the shortening with applesauce and added 1 tsp. lemon zest because I didn't have any lemon extract. I baked the cake in a 9x13 pan and left out the frosting.

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Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2007 by MojoRiley
Frosting was delicious! We didn't make the cake because I wanted to use up my last box of lemon cake mix before creating my "all-scratch" pantry, so we used the box mix and then topped with the frosting. Perfect consistency and nice, light citrus flavor. Thanks!

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