Description
A light and fluffy sheet cake with a hint of Meyer lemon flavor and swirls of soft vanilla frosting. This is a simple and delicious springtime cake you’ll make again and again any day of the week.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Cake
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- zest of one Meyer lemon
- 1 1/2 TBSP Meyer lemon juice (use an extra TBSP if you want more lemon flavor)
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt, room temperature
- 3/4 cup buttermilk, room temperature
For Frosting
- Homemade buttercream (recipe below) or use one can of Wilton Naturally Flavored Warm Vanilla Frosting
For Decorating
- Wilton Naturally Flavored Confetti Sprinkles
For Homemade Vanilla Buttercream
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4–6 TBSP whole milk
- pinch of salt
Instructions
For Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a 9 x 13″ baking pan with nonstick spray and line with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
- Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy.
- Add lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla and mix on low speed until combined.
- Add eggs one at a time until fully combined.
- In a small bowl combine buttermilk and yogurt. Stir.
- With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in three additions along with the buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
- Smooth top of batter with an offset spatula to level the batter evenly.
- Tap the pan firmly on countertop twice to release air bubbles.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, until edges of cake are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with few crumbs remaining.
- Cool cake completely on a wire rack before frosting.
For Frosting
- Scoop Wilton’s Naturally Flavored Warm Vanilla Frosting into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment.
- Run mixer on medium high speed for 3-4 minutes until frosting is light and fluffy.
For Homemade Vanilla Buttercream
- Add softened butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
- Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Reduce speed to low and gradually add sifted confectioner’s sugar, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- Once fully incorporated, add vanilla, milk and pinch of salt.
- Increase speed to medium high and whip until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
- Frost cake with large sweeping swirls and sprinkle with confetti sprinkles.
Notes
All purpose flour can be used in place of cake flour.
Store cake in a cool, dry place for up to 4 days.