Name: Whole Lemon Layer Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Organic Meyer lemons, scrubbed - 2; All-purpose flour - 2 ¼ cups; White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into 1-inch pieces - ½ cup; Baking powder - 1 tablespoon; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Eggs, lightly beaten - 4 large; Limoncello liqueur (Optional) - 1 tablespoon; Lemon curd - ½ cup; Cream cheese frosting - 2 cups

Ingredients for - Whole Lemon Layer Cake

1. Organic Meyer lemons, scrubbed 2

2. All-purpose flour 2 ¼ cups

3. White sugar 1 ½ cups

4. Unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into 1-inch pieces ½ cup

5. Baking powder 1 tablespoon

6. Salt ¼ teaspoon

7. Eggs, lightly beaten 4 large

8. Limoncello liqueur (Optional) 1 tablespoon

9. Lemon curd ½ cup

10. Cream cheese frosting 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Whole Lemon Layer Cake

1 . Stage

Place Meyer lemons in a 2-quart saucepan with 4 cups water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and cover; simmer lemons until soft, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely.

2 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9-inch cake pans, line the bottoms with parchment paper, and lightly grease the parchment paper.

3 . Stage

Remove any stems from the lemons. Slice into quarters and remove all seeds.

4 . Stage

Place the lemon quarters in the work bowl of a large food processor and process until fairly smooth, about 30 seconds. Add flour, sugar, butter, baking powder, and salt. Pulse about 10 times, just until the batter comes together into coarse crumbs with flecks of lemon rind. Pour in eggs and limoncello with the motor running; process until a thick, slightly grainy batter forms, 10 seconds or less.

5 . Stage

Divide batter between the prepared pans.

6 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are light gold and spring back lightly to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean, 20 to 23 minutes. Cool in the pans for about 5 minutes, then remove and finish cooling on baking racks.

7 . Stage

Place 1 cake layer on a cake plate and cover with lemon curd. Top with the second layer and frost just the top, or top and sides, with cream cheese frosting.