Celebration Cake & A Giveaway

I can’t believe that it was a year ago that I started this blog!  I am celebrating my first year of blogging with my version of a Celebration Cake—white cake with lemon filling and buttercream frosting.  I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed baking and sharing my recipes with you this past year.  I truly appreciate each and every one of you that visits this blog.  Your comments and emails have been so encouraging, and they have made my day more times than I can tell you.  So besides the cake, I am also celebrating with a giveaway!  One lucky reader will receive a $50 Amazon.com gift card!  Amazon is one of my favorite places to pick up kitchen gadgets, baking pans, cookbooks, camera equipment, you name it!  What will you get if you win?

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Celebration Cake

by Jill {www.dulcedough.com} January-30-2012

My version of a Celebration Cake--tender white cake with lemon filling and buttercream frosting.

Ingredients

      

White Cake

• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
• 4 (1/2 cup) egg whites, stiffly beaten

Lemon Filling

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup water
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons butter

Buttercream Frosting

• 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
• 2 lbs. confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 6-8 tablespoons milk

Instructions

1. Grease and flour (3) 9" round cake pans; preheat oven to 350°F.2. Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy.3. In a separate bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking powder, and the salt.4. Add dry ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk; stir in vanilla.5. Gently fold in the egg whites.6. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans and bake for 28 - 30 minutes or until cake tests done.7. Cool cakes for 10 minutes in the pan; invert onto cooling racks and allow cakes to cool completely before assembling and frosting.8. For the filling, in a small saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch, and water until smooth. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add a small amount of the hot mixture into the egg yolks, then add yolks to the pan. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil and cook 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and butter. Allow to cool completely before filling cake.9. To make frosting, beat butter and confectioners' sugar together in a large bowl. Add the vanilla and almond extract and mix well. Add the milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved. Add food coloring gel if desired.10. Level cake layers with a serrated knife and place one cake on a serving plate; spread with half of filling. Spread filling to within about 1/2 inch of the edge of the cake.  Place second layer cut side down, and spread with the remainder of the filling. Place 3rd layer on top, cut side down.  Frost sides and top of cake.

Details

Prep time: 45 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour 15 mins Yield: (1) 9-inch Cake

Giveaway Details: 
Giveaway has ended ~ Congratulations to Melissa C.!  Thank you to all who entered!
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Terms & Conditions:

• One reader will receive (1) $50 Amazon.com Gift Card.  
• Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST on 2/7/2012. 
• A random winner will be chosen and notified by email.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize or a new winner will be selected at random. 
• Entries are verified, and any entries using multiple email addresses will not count. 
• Void where prohibited by law.
• This giveaway is not sponsored and is in no way associated Amazon.com.
• I was not compensated in any way for this giveaway. 

Updated

February 13 2012