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Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake

Lemon is at its best when it's paired with something sweet, like this yellow cake with creamy lemon frosting.

Servings: 64 servings (1 serving = 1 - 2x3-inch piece)
Batter
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Water, cool approx. 72°F
3 lb 8.00 oz
7 cups
Lemon juice
2 oz
1/4 cup
Lemon extract
2 Tbsp
Gold Medal™ Yellow Cake Mix (11152)
5 lb
1 box
Lemon zest
2 oz
1/2 cup
Finishing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Vanilla Crème Icing (11216)
3 lb
6 cups
Lemon juice
3 oz
1/3 cup
Batter
  1. Pour half of the water, (3 1/2 cups), lemon juice and lemon extract into mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment.
  2. Add cake mix and lemon zest; mix on medium speed 2 minutes.
  3. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle; add remaining water gradually while mixing on low speed.
  4. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle; mix on low speed an additional 2 minutes. DO NOT OVERMIX.
  5. Deposit batter into greased and paper-lined full sheet pan with pan extenders.
  6. Bake as directed below and allow to cool fully before icing.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
25-30 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
27-32 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 12 minutes of baking.
Finishing
  1. Combine icing and lemon juice, stirring until smooth.
  2. Use 2 lb 10 oz of icing for cake and place remainder in piping bag.
  3. Pipe a rosette (approx. 0.75 oz) using a star tip onto each portion or as desired.
 
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 - 2x3-inch piece
Calories
240
Calories from Fat
60
% Daily Value
Total Fat
7g
11%
Saturated Fat
4g
19%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
290mg
12%
Total Carbohydrate
42g
14%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
30g
Protein
2g
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

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