Olive Garden's Lemon Cream Cake
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
6 egg yolks
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon zest
6 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 1/2 cups lemon pie filling
8 slices lemon
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a large bowl,
combine
flour, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar. Add oil,egg yolks,
water
and lemon rind. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. In a small
bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until peaks form. Gradually
add
3/4 cup sugar, and beat until very stiff and shiny peaks form. Fold
1/3 of
the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites
until no
streaks remain. Turn batter into ungreased 10 inch tube pan. Bake
at 350
degrees F (175 degrees C) for 60 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted in
the center comes out clean. Invert cake and cool completely in pan.
When
cool, loosen edges and shake pan to remove cake.
To Make Filling: Beat cream to stiff peaks. Fold in lemon filling.
Chill
until stiff.
To Assemble Cake: Slice cake horizontally into 3 equal layers. Fill
layers
with 1/3 cup of filling. Spread remaining filling on top layer.
Decorate
with lemon slices.
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