Description
This is an easy cake mix-cake with marvelous frosting. For more lemon flavor, I sometimes add lemon rind.
Ingredients
- 1 (16.25 ounce) package white cake mix
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 3 egg whites
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup blueberry pie filling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch pans.
- Beat cake mix
- water
- egg whites
- vegetable oil
- and lemon extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is well combined
- about 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean
- 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Beat cream in a chilled bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks are almost forming into stiff peaks; place bowl in refrigerator.
- Beat cream cheese
- sugar
- and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
- Place 1 cake on a plate; top with blueberry pie filling. Place second cake atop blueberry filling. Generously frost cake with whipped cream cheese frosting.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 12