Rustic Limoncello Soaked Lemon Curd Layer Cake

With a fresh batch of homemade Vanilla Limoncello made from Meyer lemons on hand and cake on my mind, it was time to whip up a batch of homemade lemon curd and use all the sweet-tart goodness to bake into one of my favorite flavored cakes. Rustic Limoncello Soaked Lemon Curd Layer Cake Vanilla Lemon Layer Cake:3 cups cake…

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Lemon Curd Limoncello Layer Cake

Layers upon layers of lemon. Crumbly and crusty vanilla lemon cake. Limoncello soak. – yes ~ soak the sweetly spongey goodness in even more saccharin from heaven. Freshly coddled lemon curd whipped and whirred among pillows of buttercream and fresh lemon zest. Candied lemon “knots” and lemon rays of sunshine beaming through the kitchen windows of…

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Saluti! Limoncello!

Limoncello (Italian pronunciation: [limonˈtʃɛl:o]) is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy, especially in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Sorrentine Peninsula and the coast of Amalfi, and islands of Procida, Ischia, and Capri. It is also produced in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Apulia, Sicily, Sardinia, Menton in France, and the Maltese island of Gozo. Although there is debate about the exact origin of the drink, it is at least one hundred years old. Limoncello is…

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