- prep: 50 min
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 50 min
Summary
This tall, tangy lemon cake filled with layers of lime mousse and frosted with white buttercream is just the thing for a birthday, bridal shower, or other especially delicious occasion.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
- 3 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
- 3 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest, plus 1/4 cup fresh juice
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature
- Citrus Mousse Filling
- 4 cups Italian Meringue Buttercream
- Edible flowers, meringues, confetti candies, and candy pearls, for decorating (optional)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 16
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 497 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 24 g 37.64%
- Saturated Fat: 15 g 74.69%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 85 mg 28.27%
- Sodium: 482 mg 20.09%
- Calcium: 115 mg 11.46%
- Potassium: 84 mg 2.39%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 11.01%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 68 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 4.08%
- Sugar: 41 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 13.21%
- Vitamin C 4.69%
- Vitamin D 0.44%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat5
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs3
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq