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Dorie’s Perfect Party Cake
This months Daring Bakers challenge was Dorie's perfect party cake. I had mixed feelings about this challenge. On the one hand, I had never baked a cake before and I was really looking forward to
👥 14 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 35m⏳ Prep: 1h🔥 Cook: 35 min👤 kevin📖 closetcooking
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- pan
- oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
baking powder1 tablespoon
2
Mix the milk and eggs in a large bowl.
3
Mix the lemon zest and sugar together in a large bowl. Rub them together with your fingers.
grated lemon zest2 teaspoons
4
Beat the butter into the sugar until they are light.
5
Beat in the vanilla extract.
6
Beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture until incorporated.
7
Beat in 1/2 of the milk mixture until incorporated.
8
Beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture until incorporated.
9
Beat in the the remaining milk mixture until incorporated.
10
Beat in the remaining flour mixture until incorporated.
11
Pour the batter into 2 greased and lined 9×2 inch round baking pans.
12
Bake in the middle of a preheated 350F/180C oven until a tooth pick comes out clean, about ⏱️ 20-30 minutes.
13
Let the cakes cool.
14
Cut the cakes in half.
15
Spread a layer of jam onto the top of one slice of cake.
16
Spread a layer of the butter cream onto the bottom of another layer of cake and place it on top the the first layer.
17
Continue in this fashion until all layers of cake have a layer of jam and butter cream between them but do not place jam on the top layer.
18
Frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining buttercream and decorate with strawberries.
buttercream (see below)
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