Lemon Cake Mix Recipe

Super Lemon Layer Cake
Perfect Balance of
Tang and Sweet Flavor

This lemon cake mix recipe is actually a product from failure.  (I occasionally had this kind of mishaps.  Luckily, they turned out to be something different and awesome.  Check out my deconstructed red velvet cake recipe which was also created from a failing experiment)

Prep Time: 15 Minutes   Cook Time: 15-19 Minutes  Serving: 8-12

Believe it or not, I was experimenting a new recipe.  It didn’t come out the way as I expected it.  If you know me, throwing my food into the garbage is the last thing I want to do or see.

The night I made it, I was preparing for coffee time at church the next day.  Had I thrown it away, I might not have enough food to serve.  So, my quick thought was to turn it into something different, but yummy. Amazingly, this was another success.  All my church family members just couldn’t get enough of this super lemon layer cake.  Before I know it, it was all gone.

Before publishing this recipe, I have been thinking hard what I should name this cake.  I remember everybody’s comment was, “Wow! This cake is so moist and lemon-y.”  One day, I was thinking my favorite lemon candy from Japan.  It is called “Super Lemon” which tastes like lemon.  It is super sour.  People either hate or love it.  However, this cake has so much lemon flavor in it.  It gets the perfect balance of tang and sweet flavor.  It was that light bulb switching on moment.  Ding, ding, ding.....That was how this lemon cake mix recipe named, "Super Lemon Layer Cake".

Lemon Cake Mix Recipe Ingredients and Directions

Ingredients

6 large Eggs
1 Box Lemon cake mix
1/4 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
No-stick Cooking Spray

Filling

1 bar (8 oz) Cream Cheese
2 tbsp Milk
1/2 packet Lemonade Cool Aide
1 cup Powder sugar

Topping

1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
1 cup Powder Sugar
1/2 packet Lemonade Cool Aide
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Directions

1. Line a 16” x 11” baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy clean up (Refer to How To Line Baking Pan with Foil)
2. Coat with cooking spray to keep parchment paper stay in place.
3. Line parchment paper on top and gently push it down on 4 corners of the baking sheet.
4. Combine the first 4 ingredients together with a hand mixer until smooth.
5. Transfer cake batter into the baking sheet.
   
6. Bake cake at 350F for 15-19 minutes until touch and spring back.
7. Cut cake into halves crosswise and transfer one half into a glass baking dish (they are going to stack up after filling is added on top)
8. Combine cream cheese filling and beat with hand mixer until well blended.
9. Spread cream cheese filling on the bottom layer of the cake.
10. Use the same mixing bowl and beat topping until peaks formed.
11. For the top layer of the cake, gently level the top with cake/bread knife to give the cake a flat top. Safe the cut up part for garnish later and stack this cake on top of cream cheese filling.
12. Spread whipped topping on cake and crumble the cut out cake pieces and sprinkle on top.
13. Chill overnight and serve.

Lemon Cake Mix Recipe Steps with Photos

STEP 1: Line a 16” x 11” baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy clean up

STEP 2: Coat with cooking spray to keep parchment paper stay in place

STEP 3: Line parchment paper on top and gently push it down on 4 corners of the baking sheet

STEP 4: Pour cake batter into baking sheet and bake

STEP 5: Cut sheet cake into halves crosswise. Transfer one half into a baking dish

STEP 6: Combine ingredients to make cream cheese filling

STEP 7: Beat cream cheese filling with hand mixer until well blended

STEP 8: Top the first layer of the cake with cream cheese filling

STEP 9: Use the same mixing bowl and beat topping until peaks formed

STEP 10: Spread whipped topping on the top layer of cake

STEP 11: Crumble the cut out cake pieces and sprinkle on top. Chill and enjoy!

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