Four Layer Lemon Torte with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

WONDERFUL CAKE! Mark, I was hosting Pokeno and I chose this as one of 3 desserts to serve and I was so impressed with the combination of the lemon and raspberry flavors. I wanted "intense lemon" so I used a lemon cake mix and I added one small box of instant lemon pudding to the mix. I baked mine in 2-8" pans and then cut each one in half. On the first layer of raspberry preserves I put a little too much which caused the preserves to ooze out the sides so on the next two layers I spread the preserves very thin and it worked perfectly. I found the frosting to be a bit soft and runny so I increased the powdered sugar to 2 cups. I had a little bit of difficulty with the frosting wanting to slide off the sides so I put a layer of frosting and then refrigerated it. When the frosting firmed up a bit I came back and added another layer of frosting and refrigerated again. I did let it come to room temperature before serving and I must say it was absolutely divine. Thank you so much for a great recipe that will be used many more times in the future.

Served this for my small wedding reception this weekend and everyone RAVED about this cake! It was so moist and flavorful. I used a lemon cake mix instead of yellow and thought it added just another level of lemon flavor. I had several requests for this to be the dish I bring to the family holidays from now on. Thanks for a great recipe!

This was very good and fairly easy to make. I made it as a Birthday Cake and didn't frost the outside so as to keep it less sweet. It was very good and the presentation was excellent. Thanks for sharing.

My Mom makes this recipe often and it is beautiful :) I made it for a babyshower and it was a hit!! :) I made it with 2 square cake pans and made it look like a present with bubblegum tape- it was cute :) Thank you for posting!

OK what can I say except FANTASTIC!! I made this for a dinner party I went to last night, I picked it cause, out of the 4 of us there, one doesn't like cheesecake, one hates fruit except raspberries and lemon, and I don't like chocolate, so I made yours. It was so good, the hostess wanted the recipe, not to sweet, very rich though, not for those who can't handle it. Took me a little time to assemble cause I only had one 10" in spring form, but I didn't have to adjust the cooking time at all, I did have to make one cake at a time. When I bought all the ingredients I didn't have any trouble finding any of them, very easy to throw together, just the assembly took me longer, but well worth it. Thank you so much for posting, i will make this one again, and I am sure you will probably get another rating on here for it ( I can't believe nobody has made it before). Thanks again for posting. Leanne