LEMON LIME LAYER CAKE

I was never really a huge lemon or lime fan of anything. I mean I could eat a lemon poppyseed cake or muffins but I wouldn’t go out of my way to find or make one.
That all changed when I started dating my hubby and his obsession with limes. Literally, I remember the first time he ordered water on a date with a cup of limes. I thought it was odd.

He proceeded to grab a packet of sugar and then squeeze all the juice from the lime wedges into his water. I was so embarrassed because why not just order a Sprite and add some limes? He hates soda though, really any carbonated drinks. Weird I know.

Anyway, after 14 years I will be honest I still get a little embarrassed. With that said the one good thing that came out of this, is that I love limes now too.

Ingredients
Lemon Cake:

• 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled, plus more for pans
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk

Lime Buttercream:

• 7-8 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 limes juiced
• 6 tablespoons lime zest
• 1 cup butter softened to room temperature
• 8-10 tablespoons milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly spray with baking oil and flour two 8-by-2-inch cake pans. Make sure to tap out the excess flour. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest.
3. In a large bowl mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, or use your KitchenAid mixer like me, cream together butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low and add in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Mix in lemon juice. Alternate adding in flour mixture and buttermilk beginning and ending with flour. Mix until well combined.
4. Pour ½ of the batter into one pan and add the remaining to the second pan. Place in oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until cake starts to pull away from the sides of the pan.
5. For full instructions : www.dashofsanity.com

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