I have to start off by saying that I have made this cake 5 times in one month. FIVE! This cake won over many people, including me. It is sooooooooo good! The cake is moist, light and fluffy. The icing is to die for... I also used it as a fruit dip for extra strawberries and grapes. Give this recipe a try. You will not be sorry!!! *For those who do not have limoncello readily available, you might be able to substitute lemonade (though I have not tried that). Cake:
1 box of your favorite Vanilla Cake Mix
(plus ingredients listed on box to complete recipe)
2 tablespoons Limoncello
Frosting:
16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1–1/2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons Limoncello
Fresh strawberries (as many as you like), hulled and chopped
Cake:
Mix cake mix and other ingredients listed on box together with the Limoncello. Pour into 2 well–greased 9 inch pans and bake according to directions on box.
Remove baked (and cooled) cakes from pans and place one on a serving platter. Frost the top of the bottom layer.
Layer desired amount of chopped strawberries onto the frosted layer. Place the other cake layer (bottom side down) on top of the strawberries. (I also frost the bottom of the top layer before placing it.)
Continue frosting the entire cake. Add a strawberry fan on top for decoration and you’re done!
*Note: This cake should be refrigerated (due to the cream cheese in the frosting). I also refrigerate the cake for about an hour before serving it.
Frosting:
Beat the cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until softened. Add the sugar (one cup at a time), zest, juice and Limoncello and continue beating until creamy, about 3 minutes.
5 times in one month?! It must be as good as it looks
ReplyDeleteLauren, this looks really good. The strawberry filling and cream cheese icing put it over the top. Have a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteCiao Lauren ! Siamo quasi vicine !! Your cake looks so good I believe you made it so many times !! If my daughter sees it she will want it too !! Let me know if you come to Rome !!
ReplyDeletelimoncello frosting? I cannot let my husband see this. I made a limoncello cake every year for his birthday, but if that frosting is easy to make (and it looks like it is), I *might* have to make this soon. Like tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteYUM. I love limoncello. This sounds fantastic and your cake looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI love limoncello, and I am so tired of buttercream, that I will have to give this a try. It looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! Now wonder you have make it again and again :)
ReplyDeleteOMG! This recipe sounds so simple too. I'll have to try this one soon. Now I have an excuse to buy an entire bottle of limoncello.
ReplyDeleteI just bought a bottle of limoncello for a recipe on my blog. Now I have a good excuse to use more of it! This looks delicious and I will definitely be giving it a try this week. Thanks for sharing.
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