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[CountryMusicGal]

Have any of you made this (copycat) recipe?? It sounds wonderful.

[kittymomNC]

Sounds good - do you have a recipe???

[RespectLife]

It does sound good! I love lemon. If anyone has the copy recipe, I would appreciate it too,

[kittymomNC]

Here's one version:

Does the picture look like the one you're talking about??

Copy Cat Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake Recipe

Ingredients

White Cake -Prepare with box instructions

Lemon Cream Filling
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tsp lemon juice
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Vanilla crumb topping
1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp powdered sugar
pinch salt
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Garnish ~ Powdered sugar

Directions
1. Prepare white cake mix according to box instructions, allow cake to cool completely
2. Prepare lemon cream filling, mix cream cheese, powdered sugar until smooth, mix in lemon juice
3. Whip cream until stiff peaks form, combine in cream cheese mixture by hand until well blended
4. Make crumb topping, combine flour, powdered sugar, and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and dribble in the vanilla.
5. Use your hands to mix the butter into the flour/sugar mix until it is crumbly
6. Chill the mixture in the fridge, keep topping cold until you are ready to use it
7. When the cake is cool, slice it through the middle and remove the top
8. Spread 1/2 of the lemon cream mixture onto the cake and then replace with top of cake
9. Spread remaining lemon cream mixture over the top of the cake and sides
10. Sprinkle the crumb topping on the top of the cake and press it into the sides all the way around the cake
11. Chill the cake in the fridge for at least 3 hours

[kittymomNC]

Here's another version...there is another one that uses Mascarpone cheese in the filling - I just googled these.

Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake

The hubby really wanted me to attempt a version of the Olive Garden's yummy lemon cream cake for his birthday dessert. I have to say that this turned out to be very much like the original and he took half the cake to work with him the next day and his co-workers also raved about it.



For the cake:
1 (18 1/4 ounce) betty crocker white cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup oil
3 egg whites

For the filling:
8 ounces cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup heavy whipping cream

For the crumb topping:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup cold butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Make white cake following directions on box. Pour batter into 10-inch greased springform pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 40 - 45 minutes. Allow cake to cool completely when it comes out of the oven.

Make lemon cream filling by mixing cream cheese and powdered sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix in lemon juice.

Whip cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until it forms stiff peaks. Combine cream cheese mixture whith whipped cream.

Make crumb topping by combining flour and powdered sugar in a medium bowl. Add butter and dribble in the vanilla extract. Use your hands to mix cold butter into flour and sugar. Break butter into smaller and smaller pieces as you incorporate it into the dry ingredients. Be sure not to press the mixture together. You want to end up with a very crumbly consistency with pieces no bigger than a pea.

When the cake is cool, slice it in half through the middle and remove the top. Spread all but 1/2 cup of the lemon cream mixture onto the bottom half of the cake, then carefully replace the top half of the cake.

Spread the remaining 1/2 cup of cream filling over the top and sides of the cake. Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the cake and press it onto the sides all the way around the cake.

Chill the cake for at least 3 hours before your serve it.

[Nicnacsmommy]

A friend had this at Olive Garden when we met for lunch. She asked me to try to make one for her. I found many different recipes. I may have to try one of these. It looks so good.

[kittymomNC]

Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake (made with Mascarpone cheese and lemon zest)

INGREDIENTS:

1 Pkg White Cake Mix, plus ingredients to prepare

1 Pkg Lemon Cake Mix

1/2 cup Sour Cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 lemon, juiced

1 cup whipping cream

1 pkg Mascarpone Cheese

1 cup powdered Sugar

4 Tbsp Melted Real Butter

DIRECTIONS:

Prepare the white cake according to the directions on the box, adding the sour cream and vanilla. Bake in a 10 inch round baking pan and cool the cake completely. For the lemon cream filling, mix the mascarpone, powdered sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest of half the lemon and whipping cream, then mix until creamy and smooth. For the crumb topping, combine 3/4 cup of the lemon cake mix with the melted butter to make a crumb topping. To assemble the cake, cut the white cake in half to spread the lemon cream filling between the two layers of white cake. Frost the top of the cake with a thin layer of cream filling and sprinkle the crumb topping.

HELPFUL TIPS:

In my opinion, this cake tastes identical to Olive Garden's. The secret is the mascarpone cheese. NUTRITION: 544 calories, 34 grams fat, 55 grams carbohydrates, 5 grams protein per serving. Show full nutritional data (including Weight Watcher's Points ®, cholesterol, sodium, vitamins, and diabetic exchanges)

[hsawaknow]

OMG that cake looks soooo good! I'm gonna have to go to Olive Garden and eat dessert first!

[kittymomNC]

In looking at these recipes, I think I'll try the one made with the Mascarpone Cheese and lemon zest - it also uses Lemon Cake Mix for the crumb topping instead of plain flour and powdered sugar - sounds and looks decadent!

[gkelly]

On 8/23/2014 CountryMusicGal said:

Have any of you made this (copycat) recipe?? It sounds wonderful.

This does sound wonderful!! Not a fan of Olive Garden at all but will look around & see what's on Pinterest and go from there! Do you have a certain copycat recipe of it?