For my youngest daughter’s 11th birthday, she requested a citrus cake. It’s absolutely the BEST. But you have to make the filling that goes between the layers. It’s so, so good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nBest Cake Ever (Besides Chocolate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CITRUS CAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3\/4 CUP BUTTER (at room temp) 1\/4 TEASPOON BAKING SODA 375 DEGREE OVEN. 2 9 INCH ROUND CAKE PANS GREASED AND FLOURED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Combine flour, baking power, salt, and baking soda. In another bowl beat butter until fluffy then add sugar. Beat 2 minutes, then add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to egg mixture until everything is combined. Add zests and juices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bake for 20 – 25 minutes until knife comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove to cooling rack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LEMONY WHIPPED CREAM FILLING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 CUPS WHIPPING CREAM Beat cream, sugar and pudding together ’til whipped. Add zest lightly folding in. For my youngest daughter’s 11th birthday, she requested a citrus cake. It’s absolutely the BEST. But you have to make the filling that goes between the layers. It’s so, so good. Best Cake Ever (Besides Chocolate) CITRUS CAKE 3\/4 CUP BUTTER (at room temp)3 EGGS2 2\/3 CUPS FLOUR2 TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER1\/2 TEASPOON SALT 1\/4 TEASPOON […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2OUjT-y2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2111,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions\/2111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
3 EGGS
2 2\/3 CUPS FLOUR
2 TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER
1\/2 TEASPOON SALT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 2\/3 CUPS SUGAR
1 CUP MILK
2 TEASPOONS LEMON OR LIME ZEST
1 TEASPOON ORANGE ZEST
2 TABLESPOONS LEMON OR LIME JUICE
2 TABLESPOONS ORANGE JUICE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 TBS. POWDERED SUGAR
1TBS. INSTANT VANILLA PUDDING
1TBS. LEMON ZEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can use this as just a filling in between layers or also as the top frosting. I usually make a lemon regular frosting for the top. Lots of work, but a delicious cake!<\/p>\n\n