This gorgeous Lemon Lime Layer Cake combines lemon cake and lime buttercream; a mouthwatering combination just perfect for spring & summer.
This Lemon Lime Layer Cake is an inspired twist on my hubby’s favorite cookies, Key Lime Sugar Cookies, and my obsession with cake. Honestly, if you know me at all, then I can eat cake anytime of day, month or year.
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With spring and almost summer coming, the lemon and lime combination is perfect for upcoming barbecues, parties, and get-togethers. This Lemon Lime Cake is just stunning and makes a perfect centerpiece for any table.
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Lemon Lime Layer Cake
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Ingredients
Lemon Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans (2 sticks=1 cup)
- 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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Once cakes are completely cooked remove from the oven and cool. Allow the pans to cool for 10 minutes on a cake rack, then remove cakes from the pans and place back on cake rack, allowing them to completely cool.
- While the cakes are cooling, make lime buttercream. In a large bowl, cream together the confectioners’ sugar and butter until smooth. Gradually mix in the milk, lime zest and juice with an electric mixer until smooth and stiff, about 5 minutes. Color with food coloring if desired.
- 2 Layer Cake – Evenly spread the filling on top of the bottom layer, then add the second cake on top. Frost and garnish with zest if desired. Enjoy!
Post recently updated from original post-August 2016! Don’t forget to pin this Lemon Lime Layer Cake to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
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Delish and beautiful.
Thank you!
Wondering if you could incorporate lemon curd as a filling between layers. My daughter wants a lemon lime with lemon curd cake- any thoughts?
It’s definitely worth a try! We have a lemon curd recipe with this Lemon Berry Poke Cake that might work! Let us know if you decide to make it and what you think!
Such a fresh recipe in hot weather! Thank you for sharing! I will definitely try this!
I hope you enjoy it!
Hi could we please have this gorgeous recipe in grams. I haven’t a clue what cup sizes are also what is a stick of butter. I am from England and would like ingredients in grams please. Thank you.
Wow mouthwatering lemon lime cake.
I pinned this recipe for Lemon Lime Layer cake to my Pinterest board, will definitely try this recipe .
Thank you for sharing, .
Trying to avoid all the sugar in the buttercream can I use Splenda?
I haven’t ever tried that, so really not sure it would do the same thing.
I absolutely love this cake. I noticed others said the cake was light. The 2 times I’ve made this, the cake was dense and heavy. I followed the instructions, is there something else I may have done wrong?
What flour are you using?
Wow! The cake looks super delicious. I’ve never seen anything before.
Amazing Lemon lime cake… Must try this.!
Thank you so much ….What is the weight of Cup, Best cake are lemon layer cake.
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