Lemonade Porch Cake
Lemonade Porch Cake
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Dessert
A soft sunshine-yellow sheet cake soaked with sweet lemonade cream and topped with fluffy whipped frosting.This tastes like the first really hot day of summer. Like bare feet on warm porch boards, citronella candles flickering while the kids catch...
Ingredients
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2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 ¾ cups sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Zest of 2 lemons
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup buttermilk
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1 can sweetened condensed milk
• ½ cup lemonade
(store-bought or homemade)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
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8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup heavy whipping cream
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
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lemon slices
crushed vanilla wafers
strawberries
fresh mint
extra lemon zest
Directions
1. Bake the cake
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease a 9x13 baking dish.
In a bowl whisk together: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt
In another bowl cream: butter and sugar
Beat until fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time.
Mix in: vanilla, lemon zest, lemon juice
Alternate adding: flour mixture and buttermilk
Mix just until combined.
Pour into baking dish and bake 32-38 minutes until golden and set.
2. Make the lemonade soak
Whisk together: sweetened condensed milk, lemonade and lemon juice
When cake is warm, poke holes all over with the end of a wooden spoon.
Slowly pour the lemonade mixture over the cake letting it soak down inside.
Cool completely.
3. Make the frosting
Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Add: powered sugar, vanilla and lemon juice
Slowly stream in heavy cream and whip until fluffy and spreadable.
Spread over cooled cake.
Top with lemon zest and berries if desired.
