Raspberry Lemonade Layer Cake

Military lifestyles has it’s portion of u.s.a.and downs, factual conditions and depraved… cheerful and sad moments.   Since shifting to Germany over 2 years ago, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting so many correct aloof participants which comprise helped in creating the happier of moments.  And… fortunately ample for me, one particular person in particular took residing to dwell just out my front door.

Dani and I grew to develop into immediate chums… it used to be onerous no longer to say hi there whenever I’d attain residence to scrutinize her smiling face in her backyard along with her dogs Gizmo or her daughter Katie.   A nod and a hi there grew to develop into into us chatting at her fence for an hour which grew to develop into into weekend bbq’s and now a mountainous friendship.   We moreover fast realized that we shared a savor of baking and trying aloof recipes.  I don’t know how all over again and all over again we’ve called every completely different asking to borrow an egg, or flour, sugar or something we had been lacking from our kitchen that we wanted for that days project. I even made a special cake for her daughter’s birthday party… that you would be succesful to well per chance presumably also endure in thoughts this Rainbow Pom Pom Cake.  It used to be a HUGE HIT!

That is Dani’s safe week in Germany.  *affirm*  She’s no longer my first buddy to PCS (Permanent Commerce of Station) motivate to america… nonetheless, she’s my 2nd neighbor in 2 weeks to pass… and if we’re being staunch here… I am no longer liking it one bit that she’s leaving.  Looking at all americans around you pass away is by no contrivance easy… and when it’s any individual you revel in spending your time with… it’s grand extra difficult.

Dani, her husband AJ and their daughter, Katie are coming over for one safe dinner collectively this week and I knew I wished to construct something special for them.  For the reason that climate has been so enthralling lately, I knew I wished to construct a cake with shining colours safe or warm climate.  Lemonade… safe!

I used to be impressed to construct this cake from a journal I picked up safe week.  I don’t procure many baking or cooking magazines on fable of why pay for it when I in actuality comprise the salvage and that’s free.  Ha!  But this journal had many of recipes that I’d truly construct that looked so so delicious!  The lemonade layer cake in the journal used to be an all pink cake using neatly-liked lemonade… so I punched issues up a notch and made it a two toned raspberry lemonade cake! YUM!

So day after in the present day… I’ll portion one extra evening with my neighbors and form out them to this special cake.    Dani… it’s been a pleasure getting to know you and your loved ones!  I wish you effectively for the long term and protected travels motivate to america! We’ll depart out you!

Revel in!

Ingredients

Raspberry Lemonade Cake

• 2 cups sugar

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

• 4 eggs, room temperature

• 3 1/3 cups flour

• 1 Tbsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 1/3 cups entire milk

• 1/4 cup frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate, thawed

• 2 tsp lemon extract

• Wilton Pink Meals Coloring Gel

• Wilton Yellow Meals Coloring Gel

• Candied Lemon Slices (garnish)

Lemonade Frosting

• 2 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

• 4 7oz jars of Marshmallow Fluff

• 1/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 2 tsp lemon extract

• 2 Tbsp heavy cream

• pinch of salt

Directions

Raspberry Lemonade Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Grease, line with parchment paper and flour 2-9x2in spherical pans.
2. In a medium bowl, crawl collectively the flour, baking powder and salt. Assign apart.
3. In a 2 cup measuring cup, mix the lemonade concentrate, milk and extract. Assign apart.
4. The employ of your stand mixer, cream collectively the butter and sugar for 2 minutes. Add the eggs one after the other and mix effectively after every addition.
5. Alternately add the flour mixture and milk mixture to the butter mixture, beating on low bustle after every addition till just blended.
6. Scoop half the batter right into a medium bowl. Gently mix in a tiny dollop of pink food coloring gel and mix till the coloration is uniform. Repeat with the yellow with the safe batter.
7. Unfold the batter into ready pans.
8. Bake for 32-35 minutes or till the tops spring motivate lightly when touched.
9. Allow cakes to frigid in pans for 10 minutes before disposing of to a wire rack to frigid entirely.
10. Once entirely cooled, spruce the cakes so as that they’re the identical height using a protracted, serrated knife. Then, in the reduction of every layer in half horizontally creating 4 equal layers.

Lemonade Frosting

1. The employ of a stand mixer, cream the butter for 30 seconds. Add the marshmallow fluff and beat till gentle. Pickle the edges of the bowl.
2. Add the powdered sugar, lemonade concentrate and lemon extract. Mix till blended.
3. Mix in the heavy cream and salt. Beat frosting on excessive for 30 seconds.

Assembly

1. Assign one pink layer for your serving plate and spread frosting over the tip. Build a yellow layer on high of the pink and frost. Repeat all over again with the pink and yellow layers.
2. Crumb coat the cake and freeze for quarter-hour.
3. The employ of the safe frosting on the out of doors and high of the cake. Use an offset spatula to gentle the edges.
4. Top with candied lemon peel for a garnish. (Now not necessary)

NOTE

1. This frosting is simplest served the day or no longer it’s made. It has a really stable butter taste the longer it sits out. When you web no longer savor a butter frosting – are trying an American buttercream flavored with lemon.

Nutrition Info

Amount Per Serving
Energy 0Total Chunky 0g

Replace:  About per week after I posted this cake, my sister made it for her step-daughter (my niece) for her 15th birthday!  Her is Emily (in the front left in the dim) taking part in a prick along with her chums! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMILY!

Sidenote:  My sister wrote me and said about a issues about this cake and why she uses the recipes I post on JavaCupcake.  Melted my heart and jogged my memory of exactly why I in actuality comprise this blog.  To portion savor and lift participants collectively thru baking.

Thanks! It used to be correct. The cake used to be so factual and moist! I did a lemon buttercream just how you suggested me to protect out it. It used to be mountainous! I couldn’t acquire lemon candies so we had been caught with pink sprinkles . You’ll web a kick out of this….2 participants said “oh it appears to be like so factual – and it’s no longer even sliding!” All I could well well per chance contemplate used to be how proud of me you be. I suggested Judy that i select to bake off JavaCupcake on fable of it makes me feel such as you’re with me on these special conditions. xoxo -Tressa