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4.50 from 12 votes

Lemon Funfetti Birthday Cake

My lemon funfetti birthday cake!
This recipe makes 1 9 inch round cake
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Additional Time3 minutes
Total Time58 minutes
Course: Sides and Shareables
Cuisine: Dessert
Author: Sara Ayesh

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ⅓ cups sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • zest of 3 lemons
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 10 tablespoons salted butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup multicolored jimmies or sprinkles
  • 1 cup milk
  • ¼ cup lemon juice

Instructions

  • Pre heat your oven to 350 degrees
  • sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and then stir in lemon zest.
  • In a large microwave safe bowl, soften butter for 20-30 seconds. Cream butter, lemon extract, and sugar together for 1 minute until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time to this mixture and combine well.
  • In another small bowl combine whole milk with ¼ cup lemon juice (it will look curdled but it's fine, you are essentially making buttermilk)
  • Add half of the flour mixture to the butter/sugar bowl and mix to combine. Add half of the milk and mix. Then add the remaining flour mixture followed by the milk. Mixing well in between each addition.
  • Carefully stir in sprinkles.
  • Grease a 9 inch round baking pan very well and pour batter into the pan. Bake for 30 minutes and check for doneness. Bake an additional 5 if it is still raw in the middle.
  • Let each layer you are using cool COMPLETELY. This is essential.