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Meyer Lemon Cake w/ Salted Rosemary Buttercream & Honey Drizzle


  • Author: Drew Johanna Night

Ingredients

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Meyer Lemon Buttermilk Cake

  • ½ cup + 2Tbsp (144g) + unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 ¾ cup (275g) cake flour, sifted (or 2 ½ cup (287g) all-purpose flour + ¼ cup (30g) cornstarch)
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 cups (400g) granulated white sugar
  • 4 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 Vanilla pod, scraped or 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ Cup (55g) vegetable oil
  • Zest of 1 large meyer lemon 
  • 1 ¼ Cup (281g) buttermilk
  • Raw hawaiian honey (for drizzling)*
  • More rosemary sprigs or candied meyer lemon for decoration (optional)

*If you can’t find raw Hawaiian honey, find a floral raw wildflower honey.

Meyer Lemon Curd

  • Peeled zest of one meyer lemon, pith removed
  • 1/2 cup fresh squeezed meyer lemon juice
  • 1 1/4 cup (250g) granulated white sugar
  • 1/2 cup (114g) salted butter (room temperature) 
  • 4 eggs 
  • pinch of kosher salt to taste (optional)

Salted Rosemary Buttercream

  • 45 Sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 1 cup (227g) salted butter, cubed
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 3 1/4 cups (390g) powdered sugar, sifted 
  • 1 tbs heavy cream, or whole milk

 


Instructions

For the Meyer Lemon Buttermilk Cake

For the Meyer Lemon Curd

For The Salted Rosemary Buttercream

Constructing the Cake

Notes

Don’t leave baked cakes out for more than 5 hours before frosting. Wrap it air tight and store it at room temp.

Curd can be refrigerated up to 1 week.