1 cup unsalted butter, room temp, plus more for pans<\/p>\n
1 cups all purpose flour, plus more for pans<\/p>\n
2 cups cake flour<\/p>\n
1 T baking powder<\/p>\n
1\/2 tsp salt<\/p>\n
1 cup plus 1 T sour cream or creme fraiche<\/p>\n
Finely grated zest of 2 lemons, about 2 T<\/p>\n
2 T lemon juice, about 1\/2 lemon<\/p>\n
2 cups sugar<\/p>\n
4 large eggs<\/p>\n
Lemon curd (see Frozen Lemon Mousse for a lemon curd recipe, you may want to double)<\/p>\n
Cream cheese frosting with lemon zest and lemon extract added to taste<\/p>\n
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9×2 inch round cake plans, line the bottom with parchment paper, butter and flour. Sift together the flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. In a small bowl combine sour cream with lemon zest and juice.<\/p>\n
Beat butter on med-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy, 4-5 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed. Add eggs one at a time and beat for 1 minute after each addition.<\/p>\n
With the mixer on lowest speed, add the flour mixture in four parts, alternating with the sour cream mixture and beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Do not overmix.<\/p>\n
Divide the batter between the pans and bake, rotating pans halfway through, until the cakes are golden and pull away from the sides of pans, 30-35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool 20 minutes. Remove cakes and cool completely.<\/p>\n
Slice each cake in half horizontally and spread Lemon Curd between the layers, making 3 layers of Lemon Curd. Frost with the lemon cream cheese frosting, decorating with the any extra curd if you’d like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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