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Limoncello Cake
Servings
10
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup 2% Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup limoncello liquor
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest (from 2 lemons)
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
- 3/4 cup 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 3 eggs (beaten, at room temperature)
- 16 ounces 2 blocks cream cheese, at room temperature
- 8 ounces 1 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup limoncello
- 2 cups powdered sugar
For the cake:
For the frosting:
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the inside of 2 nine inch cake pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper and butter that as well. Dust with flour being sure to tap out the excess. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients. To the well add the yogurt, limoncello, lemon zest, lemon juice, melted butter and eggs. Use a whisk to combine the wet ingredients in the well. Switch to a rubber spatula and fold the dry ingredients in to the wet ingredients being careful not to overmix. Divide the batter evenly in the 2 prepared pans and spread to cover the pan. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until light, golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cook for 10 minutes in the pan before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, mascarpone, limoncello and powdered sugar. Using a handheld mixer, beat on medium speed, starting on low, until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
- When the cakes are cooled completely, place one layer of cake on a plate or cake stand. Place 1/4 of the frosting on the cake and spread evenly all the way to the sides using a small offset spatula. Place the other layer of cake on top and press gently. Spoon all the frosting on the top and spread evenly pushing the frosting over the edge and spreading it around the sides. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving. Decorate with thinly sliced lemons if desired. Allow to temper at room temperature for 20 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Nutrition Serving Size
- 10
- per serving
- Calories
- 0
Amount/Serving
% Daily Value
- Carbs
- 83 grams
- Protein
- 10 grams
- Fat
- 32 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 19 grams
- Cholestrol
- 136 milligrams
- Sodium
- 480 milligrams
- Fiber
- 1 grams
- Sugar
- 62 grams
- Trans Fat
- 1 grams
9 comments
Why do you say to put in 1.5 sticks of butter…? It came out so greasy and had to be thrown it out.
Ciao Michel! We’re sorry your cake turned out greasy. When using melted butter, it’s essential to measure accurately and mix it exactly as instructions say. Following these steps should help next time!
It won’t let me choose 5 stars. I made this for my boyfriend’s birthday and he & all of the guests loved it! I used lemon curd in between the 2 layers. I will make it again. Yum!
Wow! Amazing cake; our new favorite. Came out exactly as the photo. I didn’t have enough yogurt so I sub’d with sour cream. I also cut back on sugar to one cup.
I’ll be enjoying this recipe again! Thank you.
Wow! Amazing cake; our new favorite. Came out exactly as the photo. I didn’t have enough yogurt so I sub’d with sour cream. I also cut back on sugar to one cup.
I’ll be enjoying this recipe again! Thank you.
Made some homemade limoncello so of course I had to make this cake! Outstanding in flavor and texture. Of course I love lemons. I will make this again and again. Thank you for a great recipe.
This cake is amazing!! I made it for the first time in the Spring for Mother's Day. When I made it for a second time, I made them as cupcakes which was equally amazing. It is so easy and the flavor is out of this world. This cake has definitely become a staple in our house and we will make it again in the future.
While the flavor was good (especially the frosting), the cake was not what I was expecting. It ended up being more like pound cake. The only variation was that I used a combination of 0% and 5% yogurt (no 2% available). Was this "the culprit" or is the result supposed to be more like a pound cake?
I made this cake for Mother’s Day & the flavor is amazing. I would make it again. I had one issue the center kind of sank. It was a little dense but still edible. Not sure what I did wrong. Only substitute I did was used 0% fat Greek yogurt not 2% but I can’t believe it would cause the problem I had. Also made a lot of extra frosting more then you would need for this cake. But you can never have enough frosting I guess.