Lemon Cake!

Well, contrary to expectations (after the batter was sickly sweet I had my doubts) the lemon layer cake turned out surprisingly good! I did overbeat it, so it's a bit tough - be careful with that if you decide to make it yourself. Also, I spent at least twenty minutes grating and squeezing lemons, and if you have any paper cuts or scrapes or anything, the lemon juice somehow gets into them and then seeps through your bloodstream, so by the end my whole hand was throbbing. Although that might have been because I have weak fingers and I'd spent a lot of time squishing lemons into a bowl.

Okay, moving on to the cake itself. It is good. I, however, like creamy icings more than liquidy ones (not to say vaguely mucussy) and also, if I'd put in three cups of powdered sugar, instead of two cups of that and one of flour, it would have been WAY too sweet. I had to add extra lemon juice to both cake and icing. If I hadn't, I think it would have been really, really sweet.

Right. Moving on....

Cake in the oven.

The icing. Or frosting. Yes, it was that liquidy...it kind of soaked through the whole cake, too. But it's very lemony.

The finished cake! I put raspberries on it in a spiral, but it really looked horrible so I just scattered them all over it. Without them the cake would have been a) hideous and b) not nearly as good. I think next time I'll put more raspberries on top and some in the middle - prettier, tastier and far more expensive.

 

After a few hours it looked less mucussy, because the icing soaked in - it was really good, very lemony. Nothing on the Killer Lemon Souffle, but relatively yummy.

Behind the cake, there was a disaster zone. Icing dripped all over the counter; two plates, one ceramic and one paper, and there's one out of sight; crumbs everywhere; wax paper covered in cooking spray; buttery pans...oh, it was a complete mess.

The Verdict: It's good. Better with more raspberries, and be careful of overbeating. Overall - very yummy.

The Song: My most recent favorite song. This is becoming a trend. Good luck surviving the heat - here in Central PA at noon, it's over 90.