Description
Tri-colored cake with a lemon layer, lime layer and an orange layer. The filling is a lemon curd and the frosting is orange.
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup shortening
- 2 ¼ cups white sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoons grated lime zest
- 2 drops yellow food coloring
- 2 drops orange food coloring
- 2 drops green food coloring
- 1 recipe Lemon Custard Filling
- 1 recipe Orange Cream Frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch pans. Sift together the flour
- baking powder
- and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl
- cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time
- mixing until each egg is incorporated; stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Divide batter into 3 bowls.
- In the first bowl
- stir in lemon zest and yellow food coloring; pour into prepared pan. In the second bowl
- stir in orange zest and orange food coloring; pour into second prepared pan. In the last bowl
- stir in the lime zest and green food coloring; pour into third prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake layer comes out clean
- about 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes
- then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Assemble the cake: stack the layers together with the Lemon Filling in between the layers. Frost sides and top with Orange Cream Frosting. Refrigerate until serving.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 12