a cake a day

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Rainbow Lemon Cake

Zoe loves this cake.. it is sooo beautiful and it reminds her of Libby, who's birthday it is today...

Ingredients:
2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3eggs,  zest of 2 lemons, 
1 cup sour cream, 6 different food colourings ( in Switzerland/Germany you get it in Chinese shops or Drogerie)
Instructions:
Into a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In a mixing bowl with hand-held electric mixer, cream 1 cup butter and sugar; beat until mixture is very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg  Blend in lemon zest. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, adding each in 3 additions.
Divide dough into 6 bowls. Preheat oven to 170°C
Drop in one colour after a time into the with paper preapared  baking tin.  

Bake for 50 minutes, let cool 10min in pan. 
You can frost this cake with lemon cheesecake frosting (same frosting like here)

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