Pink Lemonade Cake
Ingredients
1 cup homemade unsalted butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs, room temperature
2-3/4 cups flour
2-1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup frozen pink lemonade
1 TBS Lemon Zest
Pink food colouring
Frosting:
1 cup butter, softened
7 to 8 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup thawed pink lemonade
Lemon zest to taste
Pink food colouring
Directions
Preheat oven to 350
Sift the dry ingredients together and set aside.
Beat the butter for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and beat another 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat thoroughly after each addition.
Start adding the flour mixture one cup at a time, and alternate with the lemonade; ending with the flour mixture, mix well and pour into prepared cake pans.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or when a knife comes out clean Let cool completely.
FROSTING:
Place the softened butter in a mixing bowl and beat with 1/2 of the powdered sugar. Add the lemonade and mix well. Add another cup of powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until you reach the desired consistency to spread; you may not need all of the sugar specified. Beat until light and fluffy.
put icing into a good sized sauce pan and heat until icing is quite runny
Spread on the cooled cake.
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