I made this and it was delicious. I did cut the butter and powdered sugar in the icing recipe in half. It just seemed nuts to use a whole pound of butter for a 2 layer. Still worked great.
Lemon Velvet Cake
Ingredients- 1¼ cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1½ cups sifted cake flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups sugar
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup vegetable shortening at room temperature
- 1 tsp good quality vanilla extract
- 2 tsp pure lemon extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1½ cups buttermilk
- zest of two small or one large lemons, grated and finely chopped
- 8 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 2 cups unsalted butter
- 1 tsp pure lemon extract
- 1 tsp minced lemon zest (optional)
- aproximately 4 tbsp milk
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